Dustin Diamond Quotes

I try to lead. I do not follow.

I've always felt like I'm Asia: I'm the first me and I'm the first Asia that's going to walk into the room, and I'm here to change the game. That's part of who I am.

I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.

Never follow the crowd.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.

Sometimes leadership is not going along with everybody else.

There are quite enough sheep already - be a shepherd: be somebody who's bold and who leads.

Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right.

But I mean, I'm a confident kid. I want to be a kid that kind of drives the bus, doesn't just be a passenger.

I consider myself a leader. I am not a follower.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

One of the early lessons that I learned in leadership is that it's the leader's job to always go against the flow.

I followed my own self and individuality so much that it automatically made me a game changer or set me apart from others. I did not think it was necessary to do things the way others are doing it.

My parents always told me never be a follower, always be a leader. It's very difficult to do, to step out and be different and not follow the norm. If you want what's best for your team, you gotta be different.

I pride myself on being unique in my own right. I wanted to be myself.

What's crazy is, my whole life I been a leader. I'm not a follower.

Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neighbors believe in and different from what your parents believe in. Stay true to yourself. Have your own opinion. Don't worry about what people say about you or think about you. Let the naysayers nay. They will eventually grow tired of naying.

Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine.

Our mother always taught us to be in control of our voice and our bodies and our work, and she showed us that through her example. If she conjured up an idea, there was not one element of that idea that she was not going to have her hand in. She was not going to hand that over to someone. And I think it's been an interesting thing to navigate, especially watching you do the same in all aspects of your work: Society labels that a control freak, an obsessive woman, or someone who has an inability to trust her team or to empower other people to do the work, which is completely untrue.

People around you should really have nothin' to say. Me, I'm just proud of the fact that you've done it your way.

You should know that I lead, not follow

Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone to tell you who you are.

It was also never wanting to be part of any group or movement or anything that was the done thing. I hated organization. When you have a group, you have a leader who is going to put down the rest of the group.