CM Punk Quotes

There was no person, whether they thought I was too fat, too black, too country, too ghetto, too New York, too thug or too whatever! Nobody ultimately had the say over whether or not I was going to make it.

I love showing people that I wasn't that guy, the guy in 'Will & Grace.'

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well.

I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.

A woman who wants to go places needs to bring her own ladder.

My entire life, people have told me that I couldn't do certain things. They told me I couldn't go to college. They told me I couldn't go to Yale, Georgetown, couldn't end up doing much on Capitol Hill. Couldn't be party chair. And my response has always been, 'Watch me.'

There's no way in hell I'm supposed to be on television or be a broadcaster of any regard. But I have defied those odds because I believe in this: I am damn sure not going to let somebody else define who I am.

All of my life, I've been told no. That I was too poor, too short, too black. I enjoy it when people underestimate me.

I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlete or a doctor or a lawyer or whatever they want to be. I tell them they can do all that because Tourette's won't stop them.

I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.

All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.

I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.

Obviously, I'm still building a name and reputation for myself. The stigmas that come with my past will remain there for quite some time, but I'm not afraid to challenge those things, and I never have been.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

Never assume you can't do something. Push yourself to redefine the boundaries.

I was in special ed, but I felt like I was a caged bird. I felt like I could do better. I made sure I mastered my special ed lessons. I made sure I listened to my teacher. I made sure I did my homework, but I had to do a little extra.

There was just so much attention that got focused on my story, and what that created was an opportunity for me to share what were the tools, what were the strategies, what was the thinking that had me break though those boundaries.

People tell me I'm not supposed to do the things that I do at my size. I just take it as a blessing.

It would be cool to let people know that it doesn't matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.

People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.