Adam Carolla Quotes

Being a fish out of water is tough, but that's how you evolve.

New York was very frightening and very overwhelming, and I didn't really know anybody. My sister had some friends there, and I stayed with them, then I moved in with a friend of a friend. I was very outside my comfort zone. Then again, I was pretty uncomfortable in general - but I knew it was where I was supposed to be.

Growth is uncomfortable; you have to embrace the discomfort if you want to expand.

Coming to Chelsea was a big challenge for me.

University was a shock to the system. At times, I really thought I couldn't do it. It's the same with 'Strictly.' I'm completely out of my comfort zone.

I wanted to be scared again... I wanted to feel unsure again. Thats the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged.

Confidence is overrated. It's when we're uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.

I feel like in order to challenge yourself you have to get out of and do things that feel wrong at first and find new things. It's important to look for those things.

I like challenges in life and pushing myself out of my comfort zone.

I was a new person in the same world, which was a lot more difficult than being the same person in a new world.

I think people get too comfortable, in just doing what they do every week. And I'm all about challenge and change, and I like to read the audience.

I want to be able to challenge myself. And do things that are away from what I usually do. Stand-up is safe for me. I can do stand-up in front of twenty-five thousand people, and I'm like, "I know how to do this. This is what I do." I want to be a little scared.

Do what you're afraid to do.

Every job's a challenge. The challenge is to do it and make it look right, like you belong there - wherever that is.

I like to do things that frighten me. When I’m afraid, I understand more things. I want the feeling... All my instincts cry out against it, every morning anew. Then I say, ‘I should do it. If I don’t do it, no one will do it for me.

The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

It's hard to know when to respond to the seductiveness of the world and when to respond to its challenge. If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between the desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.

How easy life is when it's easy, and how hard when it's hard.

You'll always have to fight for what you want. Definitely crossing over and being able to tackle these grittier parts was a challenge, but I feel like I've done it! It's a whole new chapter.

Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.)

Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges.

The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand.

One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water... I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead.

I love any challenge that comes my way, and I've been lucky to have many.