Gertrude Ederle Quotes

Tell me that I can't do something, and I'll do it.

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.

Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.

Something I've learned is that when people tell me I can't do something, I immediately wonder why and then think it through. It only makes me more motivated to prove them wrong.

I think, in a lot of ways, Kanye's superpower is his weakness - if you tell him he can't do something, he's going to go hard at it.

In a way I'm lucky because when people suggest I won't be able to do something I have no choice but to show them they are wrong. If I say I'm doing it, I'm doing it. No matter how hard it is.

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

I have always liked a challenge.

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

I've always loved a challenge.

We in the U.A.E. have no such word as 'impossible'; it does not exist in our lexicon. Such a word is used by the lazy and the weak, who fear challenges and progress.

Anytime someone has said to me, 'You can't do that,' I have answered, 'Watch me.'

Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.

I've always strived to prove people wrong.

You tell me I can't do something, I'm going to do it.

I like being the underdog. I like turning around and shutting people up when they tell me I can't.

No matter if you have one hand or two hands, when someone tells you you can't do something, the only thing you can do is just prove them wrong, no matter what it is, no matter how hard it is.

I'm going to keep proving people wrong because I have a lot of people to prove wrong, a lot of doubters.

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.

If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. Keep proving people wrong and proving myself right.

The harder [role] the better. Definitely. When somebody turns around and says, "She can't do that," then that's the one I want to do.

You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.

Anytime I was challenged and told I couldn't do something, I would absolutely have to prove the opposite. And I did.

I like to be against the odds.