Nick Diaz Quotes

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before.

No one got anywhere by being too scared to open their mouth in case nobody laughed.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I?' It's what I do and now I know how to turn an audience on again.

Don't be afraid to look silly.

It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.

I've always known what I've wanted, but I used to be shy about expressing that in regards to my career. So I've become a lioness. If something's happening that I don't necessarily feel comfortable about, I will speak my mind. Or if I want to do something, I go for it.

You have to trust that the script is right and be comfortable with everything, and then you just have to go for it and disregard anything you've previously heard or felt about it.

Whenever I get stuck on something, I'm like, 'What would I do if I wasn't afraid? What would I write if I wasn't afraid? What would I say in this situation if I wasn't afraid?'

I had a chat with my dad and decided that sometimes you've just got to look like you're fighting. So I started putting myself about a bit more, showing a bit more aggression in training.

I've got to come out and be aggressive. I've got to be a different Roy Hibbert than I've been.

Guys always get jealous or envious of an opportunity, but they never wanna walk out to the mound and point to the crowd and tell them where they're going to hit the ball. I will. I'll call my shots.

People around me tell me that I need a bigger persona and to act a little more A-listy because 'that's where you are but you don't act that way, so people undervalue you.' But that's not me.

I just say go for it and be yourself, even if you're scared or nervous, because you'll never know what happens if you don't try.

I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn't think about whether I was ready.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go.

I like to do something I fear.

I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live in fear. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

Looking back on my life, I wish I'd stepped forward and made a fool of myself more often when I was younger - because when you do, you find out you can do it.