Shannon Purser Quotes

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex!

Dating and getting attention from boys was something that came later to me.

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

My first three years of high school, I wasn't that cool.

I'm more confident now than I've ever been. As you get older, you have to be.

I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.

I'm not frightened of what people will think an more. Because, you know, when you're a teenager or in your early 20s, you're always frightened of what people will think.

I took some meetings when I was 11. I think what was interesting about being a young kid in environments like that was people were like, 'You're so sure of yourself! You're so confident!' And I was like, 'I'm 12.' Now I've got to this place where I'm like, 'This is who I am.'

Coming-of-age stories in high school are exciting because everything that happens during that time is very heightened.

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

Women do well in their thirties. They put their bags down and say, 'This is who I am - like it or lump it.' There is a more relaxed quality, which I like.

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.

I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.

I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think.

With each year that's gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I've become more mature, of course, but you have a sense of who you are, and you find confidence in that.

As a teenager, I was teased at school about my height and long legs, but now they are my best assets. Kids can be mean. When I was at school, I considered myself ugly, but that was when I was silly enough to believe that what other people thought mattered. Now I think I am pretty. I'm not beautiful. There is a difference.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You're not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin.

Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

When you're young, you worry about what other people think. The older you get, the less that matters.

I didn't feel attractive in high school.