Pat Summitt Quotes

Anytime you own a small business, it's all you. There is nobody to fall back on.

I'm a man without a corporation.

You never work for somebody else. Someone else might sign your check, but you're the one who fills in the amount.

I want to be doing something where I'm running my own show.

You never work for someone else. The truth is someone is paying you to work for yourself.

The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

I've taken the leap of faith to stop punching the company time clock and start working for myself. I'm now the CEO of Starfish Media Group, my production company, in New York City.

We don't want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.

In today's world, working for yourself is actually the safer route, and working for a corporation has become the riskier proposition.

I never got a job I didn't create for myself.

The biggest mistake you could ever make is to think you work for anyone but yourself

I am truly independently owned and operated.

It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone.

I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

If you want something, you can't wait for someone to make it happen for you.

I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.

If you want to do something, just do it. No one is going to do it for you.

While still working for others, your goal at some point must be to carve out little areas that you can operate on your own, cultivating entrepreneurial skills.

I always say to the players, 'You can either create or wait.' If you're waiting, you're relying on someone else, as simple as that. But if you create it, you've got to do it.

Whatever I do, I like to be the one doing it. I don't just like to get someone in to run it and put a name to it.

I've always loved small business.

I knew I always wanted to be my own boss. My mum would say I've been my own boss since primary school. It was probably always my destiny.

In everything, we wanted to own the relationships, the business, our own companies ourselves.