George Groves Quotes

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

I'm not sure there are a lot of things I'd want a manager for. I suppose I feel that at least the decisions I make are coming from me, and I'm not put into a situation that I wouldn't want to be in.

To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

I should not rely on the goodness of heart of anybody.

The majority of decisions, I've always taken by myself.

I know enough about the business to look after myself now. I don't trust anyone else to take care of business.

I like track and field for the simple reason that I determine my own outcome. I don't rely on my coach or the president or the CEO making a decision. I'm kind of like the CEO of my own corporation.

I've always been very independent; I take care of myself.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

I enjoy making the decisions.

I think I'm mostly looking forward to the college life. I'm looking forward to more freedom. Here everything is really structured and scheduled, but in college you've got to be more responsible and you can get things done on your own time. I'm really looking forward to that.

And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

I lead my life as normal.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

I just have a way about me where people know that they don't tell me what to do, they kind of just wait for me to do it.

I would prefer myself to own all of my brand, where everything I am responsible for myself.

I'm in control of myself. I take yes or no from no one.