Chris Froome Quotes

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way.

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

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.

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.

After school, I'd wait for someone to pick me up and no one would, so I'd be like, 'I guess I'll walk home.' I had to be a hustler, because nobody did anything for me.

As you grow and mature, you will want and will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do.

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

I grew up in low-income areas and I've seen people take negative energy and just accept it. They give into and end up living a pretty rough life. At a young age, I just knew I wasn't going to give in because I didn't want to end up being one of those people in the neighborhood that didn't have anything and lived a hard life.

Independence was something I really wanted from a young age and I think it really helped me make sense of myself, more so than perhaps say going to university would have done.

Poverty dictated my childhood. But there were benefits as well: I became independent, more mature than my peers, and I realized that money is not the most important thing in life.

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.

It definitely toughens you up. It makes you mature from a young age, living away from home.

That's what made me a man, having to fend for myself and being in a situation where there is no dad, no grandma, and no mom to help you. It changed the person that I am today.

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.

You have to live through things. You can't have other people telling you to do that and do this. It's important to live through things.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.

Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get.

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.

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

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