Dave Pelzer Quotes

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

I think the most productive thing to do during times of change is to be your best self, not the best version of someone else.

I've learned to go out and focus on what I can control, like how hard I work and my attitude and whether I'm happy or not. I've really tried to focus on those things.

Try to be the best version of yourself.

The more I talk, the more I come out and people get to know who I am and what I'm about, it's only gonna help. And if you don't like me, hey, cool. Everything in life is 50/50. I accept the good and the bad and just move on.

I always try and do my best and put out the best and find the best in me, as well. But I'm not thinking about it beforehand.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'

I don't waste any time at all. I have no time at all for people who are being very negative or people who are very whiny or people who feel sorry for themselves. I tend to go to them and just say, you don't understand how incredible life is and how precious it is.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

I had my share of issues, but now, it's something that's made me who I am and no complaints.

I feel like I've lived a life of making mistakes and learning from them and doing my best to only make each mistake once.

The thing is, we live in a contemporary world, and being able to make yourself the best person you can possible be can be difficult. But as long as you're trying to figure it out, and you're really looking in the right direction, everything's going to be all right.

What's happened in my career has been about knowing myself and realizing my flaws are my strengths, and to embrace them; to access what I'm really good at, and what I'm not so good at; and tune out the voices that get inside your head and make you think you can't do something.

While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to say that I have never backed down from life's challenges.

Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.

I don't need to worry about what other people are talking about me. Instead, I focus on the people talking positive and all the positive things that I know I am doing.

I just focus on what I can control, and that's how hard I play and my attitude.

One of the things I discovered about myself is I'm just really positive.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

I'm proud of myself, and I'm going to continue to grow.

I'm just going to keep pushing and try and be the best of version that I can be of me.

Me finding my confidence took me a while, but now I love that I went through everything I did before to get to where I am now.

I just try to be the best version that I can be, day in and day out.

I want to become better, I don't want to let my mistakes define me.