Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

My face is my career.

It's crazy to feel like you have to sell yourself and just, like, be almost... marketable. I'd never thought of it that way.

When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how people look when they wake up or how they act at home. A person's public presence reflects his own efforts at image development.

I have met many people, and everyone's impression of me is based on my career.

I think with most all of us, we want control of our image - it's part of the work that we do.

Since I was 20 years old, I've been a kind of corporation. I'd wake up in the morning and my job was to be 'Bonnie Raitt' in capital letters.

My greatest career mistake is giving interviews.

I have always tried to market myself.

'Space finder' is a phase I used in an interview one time, and it's followed me ever since.

Applying for a job after finishing a Ph.D is about turning yourself inside out. You've been involved in the most introverted process you've ever done, and now you have to show yourself to the world at large.

I think I've interviewed probably 1,500 people in my 24-year business career.

I'm not upset about my career; I'm just upset about how my name has been portrayed. A lot of guys have played with Bron and had success. There's nothing I can do about it. I've tried to change my image a million times.

I don't want people to think I'm a wrestler.

Especially in the first 10-15 years, your regular resume is not an authentic representation of you - you don't really have that many notches on your belt, so to speak. In a super-competitive job environment, you need to be able to tell a multi-dimensional story about who you are as a person.

I want to sustain the good name that I earned acting in 'Azhagiya Theeyae.' I am selecting my roles very carefully.

Dad encouraged us to get jobs. He'd help us get a job if we knew what we wanted.

I might not be the most whatever in the world but I've built credibility with the audience that means something. So, I can sort of have that thing about me and I always wear a nice suit as well, which is important.

I will never apologize for selective editing to make myself look better.

It's your career, your face, your name. You have to be in control because if something gets messed up or something doesn't look how you want it to, you're the only one to blame.

I don't like giving interviews unless I have something to talk about. Why bore people and why bore media?

I don't like to filter myself, but I do it for PR's sake.

What audiences see is a curated version of myself.

Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We're investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I'm taking as a businesswoman. So it's not fun for me; it's work.

It wasn't until later in my career that I really focused on the importance on making an entrance.

I'm very cautious of how I'm presented and my type of reputation.