William Westmoreland Quotes

You're going to have to speak up for yourself - and I learned that after always being, for lack of a better word, crapped on.

Imagine you're doing your thing, and somebody comes up to you and just kills your mojo. Just tell them, 'No flex zone!'

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.

They think because I'm small, they can do what they want to do to me. But I'm not weak. If I lower my shoulder and they lower they're shoulder, they're going to go down.

I grew up in the Midwest, and I was a short, fat, little Jewish kid... but it was just different. People didn't understand, so I had to deal with it. One day, I physically dealt with it, and it never happened again. I'm not saying that's the way to do it, but you have to stand up for yourself, period, end of story.

When somebody tells you they don't think you're good enough here, your face doesn't fit, you don't just roll over; you've got to back yourself.

When I was younger, I was always that person that loved to get stuck in. When my mum and grandma used to come and watch me, I used to make sure that I wouldn't let anybody push me around and not let anybody bully me.

I guess I feel the most powerful when someone tries to take my power or belittle me or insult me, and it doesn't work.

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

If you don't stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

Dealing with bullies when I was in sixth and seventh grade has made me a better football player, believe it or not. You have to come to a point when you're like, 'I've had enough, and I'm not going to be kicked around and pushed around anymore.'

I'm blowin' all the bullies away.

There's nothing I have to hide or defend. I'm gonna live my life. And there are times when people wanna try to attack me, and I don't know why, but they will. And that's okay.

When people direct insults at me, I can take it.

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

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.

Nobody puts Roach in the corner.

Photographers and people do try to take advantage of you. You just have to stand your ground and prove you're not an easy target.

When I first started on television, people, and even my own manager at the time, would tell me I had to make all of these changes. But you have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!' And when you can really believe that, all of a sudden other people start believing, too.

I was bullied at school for my red hair; today I still come out fighting hard. I give as good as I get. In business, it's about finding solutions, not being rolled over.

I think it's so wrong to play the victim. There's too many brave women out there that just won't even tolerate it, you know?

I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.

Nobody picks on a strong man.

I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.