Terry Rozier Quotes

I was always self-motivated.

I just kind of do my own thing, which has made me feel like a better player, a better pro because I'm in control of it. I don't have anybody who is pushing me to do something - I'm pushing myself.

For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can.

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

What people have thought of me, of the turns that I've taken, has never really played into my decisions.

For me, I never want anyone outside of my immediate family and outside of me to have the power to alter the way that I walk, talk, shop, or date. When you start feeding off of that outside acceptance and accolades, you lose sight of what's actually real. Once you get there, it's kind of hard to double back.

By the time I was 14, I had become self-motivated. Whatever raced inside me was more demanding than any pressure applied by parents or teachers.

It's true that being in an individual sport, you have to be a little bit selfish.

I'm highly critical of myself. There's not something someone else might say that makes me feel I need to be motivated in a different way. I'm a self-motivated guy.

I'm a very motivated person. I don't need extra motivation.

I don't really care what anyone else is doing. I'm only focussed on my work.

I don't need others to push me. I push myself.

Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.

Forget what everybody says. I know what I want to do and what I need to improve on. Nobody needs to tell me.

You need to feel good about yourself, the motivation has to come from within. You have nobody to fall back on except yourself.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

I'm such a strong-headed person and so stubborn, I don't need someone to be sweet to me.

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.

If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.