Gordon Brown Quotes

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

Just believe in what you're doing, and keep doing it.

Believe in yourself, and don't let anyone stand in your way.

I've experienced industry politics and... people telling me I'm never going to make it. I'll never listen. I'm doing me.

I was raised to feel that I can do anything, and I will always believe that.

To me, I'll always be the skinny, 5-foot-6 eighth-grader on the YMCA court, trying to get grown men to choose me for pickup games. It wasn't always easy. And that's what drives me.

It's so important to believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, and then pretty soon you get it.

Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense. Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.

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

I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.

Once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself. To persevere and hang in there and believe in yourself.

You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard.

You just have to keep believing in yourself.

In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

I had teachers who said I was not good enough. So, I said I will become good enough. So I became this guy who became obsessed to become good enough. Now I sit down and tell people who I was. Now, I say, 'Do you know who I am?'

So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.

I am what I am. A fighter.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.

I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do.

I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and I will continue to tell myself that I can do it, no matter what the odds.

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.

But at the end of the day, I am a firm believer of the fact that if I can do well nobody can stop me.