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Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.

You might be thinking that some people are just naturally good at speaking up, and others just aren't - game over. Not true. Speaking up is a skill that you have to learn like any other, whether it's speaking Spanish or doing calculus or changing a tire.

I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.

Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

I was painfully shy for a long time. I mean, that's something I really had to work my way out of. And I really think it was because, after the 2008 Olympics, I spent a whole year bartending. It was the one thing that really forced me to be just not so scared to start conversations with strangers.

I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.

I'm not great... in large groups of people, but I'm not shy anymore.

It was only after a visit to a learning centre, where they taught me public speaking, that my personality emerged.

Knowing who I am as a player and working on my deficiencies, communication is something I try to pride myself on.

You have to learn how to dress yourself and how to walk into a room and talk to people. Once you're in rehearsal, you have to know how to rehearse and how to communicate with your creatives, even if you don't communicate the same way.

Coach K always wanted me to talk more, even when I was in college. That's something I'm going to do as I get older.

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

Women leave my seminars with a level of confidence they didn't have before. They can go out, meet people, start conversations and have a good time. They don't have to worry about waiting for someone great to come along as they know they have the tools to make it happen.

There are few things that will take you further in life, than your ability to make a good presentation.

Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing.

I can't say I'm not nervous at all with media and doing speeches, but I'm getting used to it and better at it, hopefully.

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

People may have found it difficult to approach me, and I realised it and have worked on it. I used to be socially shy. Now I have become a social animal. I go out, meet and interact with people.