Tyron Woodley Quotes

I'm not trying to build my own brand.

People are aware of what I stand for through television. Nobody gets rich on TV but you build brand. That's what I'm attempting to do.

Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.

I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.

I think a lot of what I wanted to do in 2014 was build a repertoire or a portfolio for what I can do with traditional celebrities or with brands or whatever. Maybe 2015 is the year I start reaching out to people I always dreamed to do stuff with.

I'm trying to become a young CEO, to brand myself in television and movies.

I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.

Self-promotion is not my strong suit, for sure. I don't look down on it; I just don't understand how to do it.

I don't do press for the sake of press. I tend to only be in the press when I'm introducing something or collaborating on something or whatever it may be, as opposed to inviting someone into my home to photograph my closet for no particular reason.

Earlier in my career, I wanted to do a lot of things under the radar because I felt uncomfortable in engaging with the fans because then they're thinking, 'Well, you're doing it for publicity,' or whatever.

I've become a brand.

I like to promote my work. I do the promotion for my work because that is required. Apart from that I just don't know how to promote myself, to be honest, I think my work ideally should speak for itself.

In a nation that has developed to a high art advertising, the creator who refuses to advertise himself is immediately suspected of having no product worth selling.

I have expertise of performing, not promoting.

It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.

It wasn't until I had a platform and an opportunity like 'Being the Elite' to show people that I'm a real human being. Show people I have a personality. I think that's helped more than anything in my career.

I don't go running after publicity.

I'm working my butt off every day to make sure people have my name on the tip of their tongue.

Rousey took the fast track and marketed herself well.

You know, people are always asking, 'What's your brand?' and, 'What are you all about?' Then you get other people saying, 'You need to do what Connor McGregor does.' But that's not me. That's not who I am. I'm not going to talk trash and build off the bad boy image.

It's all about brand exposure, building your brand, building your image and just getting to that next level as an athlete.

I've been reluctant in doing press stuff - even my Instagram isn't properly managed; I manage it myself. It's kind of by design. I knew that would be what people see first.

I want to have a long career. But that's based on wanting people to buy into my voice and not into a fabricated image.

I could have been like so many other bloggers or 'influencers' who just have their agent and are more like celebrities, but I've never wanted it to be only like that. Of course, I still want that part in my life, but I also wanted to create a brand.

I'm not Ben Askren or a lot of these fighters. I've never called a reporter like, hey, I want to be on your show, book me, you know?