Himesh Reshammiya Quotes

I have always wanted to be independent. When I became a producer, people said I would not succeed, but I proved them wrong.

I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.

I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

Don't let nobody try to stop y'all from doing what y'all trying to do man.

If people keep telling you you can't do a thing, then you need to find a really good reason to continue. If someone tells you you can't do something, how will you know? If someone tells you something is impossible, how will you know?

For 10 years, I'd been told I was always going to be a catalogue girl, never a cover girl. Well, I got with IMG and did five covers in a year, boom, boom, boom.

I came to Chelsea and it was 'oh you can't play Champions League, you can't do this, you can't do that' and I proved them wrong.

The reason why I called it 'I Told You' is because I wanted to show people that I have been doubted, and I have been in the face of adversity. Coming out of that situation, this is my 'I told you' moment.

I'd been told countless times, even before I got into pro wrestling, that I would never amount to anything and that I'd never achieve this dream.

When I was a kid, people kept saying, 'You can't do this, you can't do that,' and I wanted to prove them wrong.

All I would say is it doesn't matter where you come from. Like, Jim Sheridan comes from the inner city, and he's one of the top ones, a top lad.

Acting is my passion but everyone was against it. But mom insisted that her daughter would do what she wanted, no matter how brilliant a student she was.

If I were to listen to people all the time when they say, 'Hey, this is a really high challenge, this is a high climb, the bar is pretty steep,' then I wouldn't have gone to the academy. I wouldn't have become an aircraft carrier pilot. I wouldn't have become a Navy SEAL for sure. And I probably wouldn't have applied to Harvard.

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

When I was at school, most people were planning on going to university and becoming doctors or lawyers. I wanted to be a singer, and I was laughed at. It was tough, but I never let anything stop me.

I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.

I think it's important to move people beyond just dreaming into doing. They have to be able to see that you are just like them, and you made it.

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.

I'm just a kid that defied the odds. I'm just a kid that ignored the doubt. I'm just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I'm going to continue to go all the way.

I wanted to prove to people it doesn't matter if you come from a small little island: that you can make it in this industry.

I remember my seventh-grade chemistry teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I thought, 'Hmm. OK.' That gave me motivation to prove her wrong.

My entire life, people have told me that I couldn't do certain things. They told me I couldn't go to college. They told me I couldn't go to Yale, Georgetown, couldn't end up doing much on Capitol Hill. Couldn't be party chair. And my response has always been, 'Watch me.'

I was told 'you can't play for England, you're at Bolton.' I proved them wrong.