Roland Martin Quotes

Greeks have always been very confident, very strong people. That is - that is our real, I guess, benefit, is that we are independent thinkers. We will always get up on our feet. We - we sometimes act the best when we are downtrodden.

I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.

I can look after myself and my own.

I know how to look after myself.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

The most important thing, I've found, is to be self-reliant.

I better know how to take care of myself.

The sum total of all my stop-starts have made me less concerned about the future. I'm just aware now that I'll always land on my feet somehow.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.

Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone else around me.

I've always took care of myself.

You should know how to take care of yourself. That's one of the things that I got from my mother most - she always said that if you don't take care of yourself, no one will.

You've got to teach yourself you can do your job no matter what happens.

You know what, I'm out there to give 100%, and I do what I think is best. I really don't care what other people think.

I joined the army because I was a very self-sufficient young man. I always wanted to stand on my own two feet.

I'm very realistic about who's coming to my defense. I am my defense.

You have to learn to get through it yourself, because there are going to be times in your life when there's going to be no one else around but you.

I wanted my kids to be able to look at their mom and be like, 'She can take care of herself.'

I'll handle living on my own. You've got to learn somehow. I'll take it all in my stride like I do everything else.