Modest Background Quotes

My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn't born with shiny things.

I'm just a simple country girl.

I didn't even dream of going to college. College was not in my definition. If somebody told me I was going to play for the Missouri Tigers in 2009, I would laugh at them.

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.

I do come from fairly humble beginnings.

I was just a girl from Alabama.

I started out from a pretty modest background, so I always had a pretty good sense of money. I always had to work for my money, save my own money, I always bought my own stuff with my money... trying not to waste money unnecessarily.

I'm just some commoner trying to work in acting.

I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.

I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.

I never have issues in handling the fame. I was in a boarding school, as I am from a middle-class family. We didn't have a lot of money, so we all learned to respect money and understood its real value.

I ain't flash. I'm just plain old Shaun, the same as I was when I grew up in South London.

I am a normal girl from a humble, middle class family.

I came from rather humble beginnings.

Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.

There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?

I am a small-town girl.

I'm just this kid from Toronto who got his start.

I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.

You put me in the room with my family and everyone I grew up with, and I'd be the last person that you'd say is the performer.

I struggle to see myself as Tyrone Mings the Ipswich footballer. I'm just Tyrone from Chippenham.

I come from a background where there would be one mirror above the basin that was used by everyone in the house. If you spent more than five minutes in front of the mirror, you would probably get a whack. My mother was so strict that if anyone complimented me for being pretty, she would not encourage that discussion.

It might shock you, but I haven't been to that many fashion shows, and I'd never done a commissioned piece for a fashion house.

I come from very humble beginnings.