EJ Johnson Quotes

I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that.

My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.

I wanted success, but I wanted it on my own terms.

I'm not doing anything for anybody. I'm doing what I do.

It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.

I don't really focus on other people's expectations of me. I only care what my own expectations are.

You can't live in someone else's shoes; you've got to branch out and fill your own shoes.

I'm not trying to live anybody else's life.

I think people sometimes get my message misconstrued and believe I'm trying to brag, but I'm genuinely trying to show people that you can do it all yourself, and there's so much power and freedom in that.

I'm not embarrassed to say I want to be successful, but only on my terms.

I feel I'm my own quarterback and have accomplished my own things.

I don't want to try to piggyback off of anybody else.

I've always thought you should concentrate on paddling your own canoe.

You have to make your own family, your own life.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other people's desire for me to do well.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

I'm my own person, and am trying to carve out a career on my own.