Jeannie Mai Quotes

I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that?

A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear.

I've been in a couple of weddings where the coolest people that were the most day before so mellow and then the day of the wedding freaking out.

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

Certain things make me anxious. God forbid I get stuck in an elevator.

School was a big source of anxiety for me. I hated school. I have social anxiety, and it developed when I was a kid. I had trouble going to birthday parties. It was always there. I begged my mom to let me be home-schooled at one point for a semester because I was so miserable at school.

When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really helpful to have that dialogue with someone. So I understand anxiety.

People like to talk a lot about me, about how I have anxiety or social disorders. I'll admit to anxiety, but it has nothing to do with media or being in front of a camera or being around people. It has to do with dealing with the sparring that I'm going to have or the workouts that I'm going to have from day to day.

I used to worry that if I wasn't having a dynamic life, then I wouldn't have anything to talk about.

I don't want to have a big wedding. I don't crave that ritual of dress fittings, party planning and all eyes being on you.

I have horrible anxiety.

When you get to a club and things are not going well, it's not easy to live.

During my teen years, I just really started to get anxiety. I would get stage fright when I would do certain speaking engagements and I always would get through them, but it was a really nerve-racking and hard thing to do.

I was embarrassed this spring when corona came. Everything in life had been so fast and seemed so important and then I realised the kind of stress that I allowed myself to be under, and I was embarrassed.

I talk a lot when I'm nervous.

If you start giving too much importance to pressure, you won't be in the present.

If I ever feel a sense of anxiety, it's usually over things that I have some control over, or I'm anxious about me making the right decision.

We were at this point of recognisability where we couldn't even walk around anymore... I was really socially anxious and strange.

I actually love being a little older and doing this wedding thing. At 38, I know what I like and what I don't.

I guess I like the attention... well, I mean, I don't mind it. Sometimes it can be a lot. I deal with it, though.

Whenever you see me and I'm hitting ground ball after ground ball, you know I'm not feeling right.

For about three or four years, I was in a lot more physical pain and stress than anybody knew. When I would meet people, I was kind of standoffish. That was because I was in a bit of a funk.

Feeling anxious or depressed sometimes is part of what it means to be a person, and it might even be essential to success.

I didn't handle success all that well.