Danica Patrick Quotes

Candidates in the future should be chosen based on their ability to sell themselves over the television airwaves.

My problem is I don't have this incredible, hip image. I'm not some flamboyant or gorgeous-looking guy who's going to sell records based on his image.

There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.

Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.

It has become commonplace to call Trump a reality TV star. That is said as an aspersion, the way Ronald Reagan was called an actor. But Reagan's acting experience, his ability to talk to the camera and not yell to the hall, is what helped make him such a good politician. It is the same with Trump.

When the media's around, I try to be careful. I don't want to make a mistake or use bad language, and I have to really concentrate because of the language barrier.

There are so many world-class athletes who are great at their sport, but they're so boring. They don't talk, and they can't be interviewed very well.

How Donald Trump has come so far with so few words - how he even managed to keep up conversationally with all those beauty queens - is a question I don't expect ever to be solved.

I think when the cameras are on him is when Coach Switzer is at his best.

I don't think that your height affects how good of a spokesperson, how well you can be, how well you can communicate your ideas as a beauty queen or as a public figure.

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.

I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.

I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don't know if I could do that all the time.

If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.

Anyone can become a game show host. It simply requires a giant, narcissistic ego and an inability to do anything else. The closest thing to school I did was looking in the mirror one hundred times a day and repeating, 'People should listen to you talk.'

It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you.

Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.

I have invested the best part of my adult political life in helping to try to build up this movement and I am far from perfect but I do think I am able, through the media, to deliver a good, simple, understandable message.

Obama has figured out the best method to prepare the way for his verbal Houdini acts: Use political noise as the tune-up din before the aria. Perhaps his body temperature is so low, it sometimes takes him too long to break out the song.

I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.

I'm a writer. Now I've started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say.

If you are not in the media today, then you do not exist.