Adjusting to Change Quotes

The first day, in particular, is always one of those weird days because you get ..., you're thrown into this new trailer - here's your wardrobe.

The only other time I've been away from home was when I went to college. And that was just an hour away, so I could always go home if I needed to.

When I signed for Vancouver, it was funny because my mom didn't really want me to move away. She was concerned about all my schooling.

When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody hit a ball you had to stop it from rolling. Well, this field had fences around it.

I grew up in a really small town. I had a great friend group and an amazing community of people who were supporting and loving and moving out to L.A. it was really hard to find that. Especially just starting off my teen years.

When I was in middle school, we had moved from Texas to Orange County. I didn't fit in, and it was pretty lonely.

Growing up, I was from kind of Nowhere, Maine. And, so, now having thousands of people reaching out to me via social media and thousands of people paying attention to what I say, that's really weird.

Divorce is never a nice thing, but it's very easy to take family for granted, and when there's a divorce, you don't take things for granted so much.

We tell ourselves we're here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.

Not in the swing of things but what I really mean is not in the swing of things yet

My mom died when I was 22. My stepfather, who I loved like a father, pretty quickly got involved with another woman. Suddenly there was another woman sleeping in my mother's bed, and it was very difficult. Their relationship brought up my profound loss, and the truth was that my family would never be the same again.

Can I tell you something? It wasn't so bad. Not so bad at all right then, me scowling at the dirt, James in his bed, the way it always always was. Look, if that's all that happened, if his dying just meant that I would be waiting for him to say something instead of listening to him say something, it would have been fine.

Well, a daughter is someone you've grown up with, right? So you know her temperament, you know what makes her angry and how to deal with that person. You're meeting your daughter-in-law when she is an adult already and you don't quite know what her temperament is like, so it takes time to gel.

Obviously, it's tough - missing my parents, family in general - but I'm getting used to it. It's the life, and hopefully I'll get some time to go home maybe for a week or a bit to catch up on things.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt.

I turned 40, and things started to go south.

When I got to Alabama, I was really small.

You have to move forward. It's constantly changing. Everything changes and everything falls apart. You have to be nimble and on your toes and accessible to it all. Not everyone is on board with this.

Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.

I haven't got any friends from where I grew up, but that's not to do with fame.

I had a friend who, after 25 years of marriage, found himself trying to date again, and it was completely different. Everything had changed, and he had to reacquaint himself. It was funny even talking to him about it. For someone who has been out of the loop, it's a different world.

I'm used to the golf course playing soft, so tomorrow I'm going to have to pay attention a little bit more.

I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed.

We have to be prepared for change.

She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.