P. J. Tucker Quotes

I've learned not to let people judge me in how I want to live my life. Every single woman is an individual, and there's no one path. You just have to take the path that you think is right for you.

You can't live your life trying to please people. You be courteous and you be respectful, but you've got to do things in the way that you want to do them.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

My life is not to be somebody else's impact - you know what I mean?

I didn't want people to decide what I was going to wear and what I was going to look like and how I should behave.

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

I always say it's worth doing what you want to do, not letting people manipulate you. It's worth holding out. It's worth having pride.

Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.

I think I've claimed the right to be any version of me that I want to be.

I didn't have to listen to nobody or look how anybody wanted me to look. I just wanted to be myself and look however I want.

As a human being, as a person, you can't make a decision based on what other people are going to think.

If some actress thinks she is sexy and she can dance, it's her choice. I do what I want to do, and I set my own benchmark. I will never compare myself with anyone.

How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself.

I think one of the most important things I can give my children is the right to be themselves.

People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.

It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

Don't let others define you. You define yourself.

Let me do me.

I don't have a hard and fast rule about dignity. I'm concerned about being treated with respect, but if I make my own choices and kind of let 'er rip, I will.

I don't care what you say about me anymore! I don't care what you write about me anymore. I don't care! This is my life. I can't have anybody messing with my life. I just want to be Gerry Cooney, doing what I want to do. I want to be what I am. A fighter.

Nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?

I never was a person who let people who have their ideas and their expectations of me dictate who I became.