James Maddison Quotes

I had to believe in myself from quite a young age. And I had to grow up pretty early.

Kenya, being a third world country, from a young age your eyes are open to the real world. I'd like to think growing up there taught me to stand on my own two feet, make my own decisions about what I wanted to be.

You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.

I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet - that's how I got here.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14.

We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.

I don't think I really realized what being an adult and being a real grownup was until I was at least twenty-eight.

Remember that before joining Arsenal, I was at Marseille where it was easy for me because I was with my family; I was born there and had played for them since I was nine. I came here on my own, and you grow up more quickly that way. It made a difference, because now I have become a man.

The worst things that ever happened to me were before I was 20. It has been slow, hard-won improvement since then.

I just feel like I haven't grown up yet. I live on my own and I do grown-up things, but there is something about me that is very youthful.

I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.

In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up.

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster.

Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.

I'm ready to live on my own. It's a really big step, but I'm ready.

I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.

I feel more mature than most people my age.

You have to eventually grow up and take control of your life, which is very hard to do.

I've learnt to take care of myself.