Jake Short Quotes

I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.

I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy.

I learned how not to be alone in the playground.

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

People feel I don't mix much, but I'm working at it.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

Doing nothing would stress me out. So I am still pretty much active practicing judo with my friends, who are former judo athletes, to maintain our fitness as well as the friendships among us. In my spare time, I usually go jogging around the Gelora Bung Karno stadium or head to the gym.

At school, when it came to being social, I had no idea how to do it.

I make sure that I laugh as much as possible, as its the best exercise, and if I'm really feeling the need to do some exercise, I'll go out with my best girls and dance the night away.

I would like to have a more social life than I have.

I didn't play with other children.

I go to the gym, I swim daily and from time to time I meet with friends and do extra-curricular stuff.

I think when you're younger, you need to socialize and be with people your own age.

I think I only started to speak to people in grade four.

Music, for me, has always been a community thing. It's always how I make friends and hang out with people, because I didn't know how to do that. This is what makes me special.

I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet a new person? I was very stunned by this for many years. And then I realized, you just say, "Hi." They may ignore you. Or you may marry them. And that possibility is worth that one word.

It's nice to socialize with some normal students, and kind of separate from my skating life with academics.

Something that can instantly lift my mood is hitting the gym with a friend.

I was always out playing sports in situations that didn't matter with my friends.

It takes me a while to make friends as I take time to get to know people.

I do realise I need to expand my social circle so I can meet more people.

I want to have a normal high-school experience.

Get out of the house. A lot of kids play video games and aren't active, and that's one thing I like to do - keep them active and having fun, interacting with other kids.

I try to be friends with everyone.