Andy Ruiz Jr. Quotes

Don't let yourself be small because you want to fit in.

It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore.

I've learned since 'Drip or Drown' that no one should care what people think. I learned that, after years of comments, it really doesn't matter.

I'm not one of those people that has to look myself up every five seconds to see what people are saying. That's been really helpful. I mean, you get thousands of compliments, and then one person will say something negative - and that's all you'll remember, that one person.

I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me a lesson in embracing my differences and loving them despite what others said.

You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way.

I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular?

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.

Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!

I don't mind being ridiculed - well, I guess I would mind a little, but it would only last a few minutes - it's all very ephemeral; it doesn't really matter what people think of me.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

I don't care what people say about me.

It's difficult to not be able to just be yourself without criticism in any position, whether you're in high school, college, or this industry.

I've never felt as though I didn't belong, I just acted as though I did.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.

You just can't afford to care that much about the negative things people say about you. You just can't!

I'm so excited to just be able to be comfortable in my own skin and give what I have to the world and not feel like I have to copy to stand out or fit in.

I don't want a 'good' image.

I made mistakes, I know, but I'm not the ugly duckling that some people seem to think.

It's not easy to filter out all the negative things people say and/or write about you.

I wanted to prove I wasn't that person everyone wanted to stereotype me. You can slag me off, I talk about my upbringing now and try and do it in a way that inspires others, but I never felt good about it.

The last thing I want to think of myself as is anything different.

To me, somebody can say what they want about me all day, whether it's my game or my personality or who I am as a human being.