Adriana Trigiani Quotes

I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.

I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch.

I know I want to do something with kids and help them become better mentally, physically and emotionally. They're the future after we're gone. So we have to prepare kids to be adults.

Healthy parenting is nothing if not a process of empowerment. As we help to raise our children's self-esteem, we also increase their personal power. When we encourage them to be confident, self-reliant, self-directed, and responsible individuals, we are giving them power.

In this building, my kids are going to feel like they're successful.

I make an active effort to remain a positive role model to kids. They need people to show them there's another way.

So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn't want to let them down.

I still refer to myself as a 'cheerleader' because I keep encouraging others to have confidence and to use their talents to follow their dreams. It's been one of the most important reasons for my success and my helping others succeed.

I play to inspire people and give confidence to young kids who might shy away because of their size.

I thrive on having support around me, even if they are not actively doing something. I feel happier, more confident.

I think it's so important to have a great support network when you feel like you can't - I would actually go and talk to the people who tell you that you can.

My mum and dad did everything for me. They supported me, gave me a lot of advice. That support is everything. It gives you the confidence you need.

I think any way you can help offensively or defensively, and if you can get both in one day, that's a huge confidence booster and everyone wants to do that.

I love modeling, and I want other girls to enjoy the experience.

I want to… help the young guys, help my teammates, help everybody be confident and make everybody feel like they're special.

Hopefully I can help kids, and they can end up being stronger in the long run, too.

Thankfully, I've got great support around me to keep my feet on the floor.

Knowing that I inspire kids - it's a great feeling.

Surround yourself with people who support you. Find champions.

I get a lot of really nice messages from girls who are like, 'You make me wanna be myself because people accept it.'

I am not an insecure person. Thanks to my training in martial arts, I have it in me to appreciate good work, say 'Wow,' and say 'You deserve it.'

As women, we should set an example and make others feel confident that they can do amazing things as well.

Obviously, you have to find the confidence within yourself to pursue your ideas, but there's nothing wrong with having people around you who are going to say, 'I think that's a great idea,' or, 'I think you're doing the right thing.'

I've been lucky enough to be surrounded by people that were always supporting me, and I never felt pressure.

I had a coach when I was younger who encouraged me to be myself, that is where I was lucky.