Lindsay Davenport Quotes

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.

I've always had my wrist slapped for being myself.

A person whose desires and impulses are his own - are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture - is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has character.

The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.'

I like to be human and not lose myself in becoming a mannequin, which people in showbiz are accused of.

You feel like people are looking at you like, 'I wanted the old Kathleen. Where's the old Kathleen?' I felt that way in the beginning of Le Tigre. I felt people were like, 'You're not angry enough anymore.' People still ask me that. 'Are you still angry?' I'm like, 'About what? About that question? Yes.'

I seem to disappoint people a bit. They want the full regalia - but I don't walk around in a corset the whole time.

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality.

The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.

People always want to put a label on you; they always want to compare you to something.

I do not want to work to correspond to an image.

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.

I have a fear of labels. If someone labels me, I have to respond - do I acknowledge it, reject it, deny it, live up to it, and defy it? Labels can affect your ability to be yourself. If you're not careful, like I wasn't when I was young, that can take a toll on you. You find yourself conforming to everyone else's ideas of who you are.

People wanted me to be like the Madonna, the white nun, you know, and that's not me. But I'm no villain.

In our society, no one dares to be themselves.

In today's world, where everybody is so anticipating the next great thing and everyone is so ready to shut the door on people, I don't really care what the world says.

Everybody's out there trying to be somebody else. Even the good guy's trying to be the bad guy, you know? Just be yourself, man. I think that works.

People aren't allowed to be themselves in snooker.

The more you see somebody else's version of something, the harder it is to make it your own.

I don't want to be seen in a way where all I can do is what people expect of me.

You don't have to make yourself look like people expect you to look.

I want to be myself.

Best advice: 'Just be yourself.' Worst advice: 'Just be yourself.'