Drew Scott Quotes

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

My entire life, people have told me that I couldn't do certain things. They told me I couldn't go to college. They told me I couldn't go to Yale, Georgetown, couldn't end up doing much on Capitol Hill. Couldn't be party chair. And my response has always been, 'Watch me.'

I was told 'you can't play for England, you're at Bolton.' I proved them wrong.

When I was a kid, people kept saying, 'You can't do this, you can't do that,' and I wanted to prove them wrong.

To be underestimated is my biggest motivation.

The genius is making a way out of no way.

make away out of no way

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

I have always liked a challenge.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.

If people tell you it's impossible, it's an even better reason to want to do it. People have a tendency to see the problem rather than the final result. If you treat the problems as possibilities, life will start to dance with you in the most amazing ways.

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.

We shall either find a way or make one.

If we strive and continue fighting as best we can, we can overcome a lot of the personal and professional problems that we do have.

Morse conquered his electrical difficulties although he was only a painter, and I don't intend to give in either till all is completed.

Something I've learned is that when people tell me I can't do something, I immediately wonder why and then think it through. It only makes me more motivated to prove them wrong.

Everybody told us we would never make it. Even friends would say to me, 'Okay this band thing is cool, but seriously, what are you really going to do?' I can't think of anyone who believed in us, and that was fuel for the fire, because the more anybody said I wouldn't do it, the more I was like, 'No, I'm going to do it.'

I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.