Jim Ross Quotes

There was no person, whether they thought I was too fat, too black, too country, too ghetto, too New York, too thug or too whatever! Nobody ultimately had the say over whether or not I was going to make it.

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

I was not going to let people tell me what I'm capable of.

We can do it all and have it all. That's what I want young women to know. Make their own music. If nobody's making music for them, make your own. Do what you are passionate about and don't let anybody or anything stop you or convince you that you are not worthy.

Believe in yourself, and don't let anyone stand in your way.

My entire life, people have told me that I couldn't do certain things. They told me I couldn't go to college. They told me I couldn't go to Yale, Georgetown, couldn't end up doing much on Capitol Hill. Couldn't be party chair. And my response has always been, 'Watch me.'

Don't let nobody try to stop y'all from doing what y'all trying to do man.

I have a tattoo on my arm that says, 'The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.'

I always felt like - I mean, I was told, really - I couldn't go too far with the productions because it didn't appeal to black radio. It wasn't until I decided I was going to do what I wanted to do or I was going to quit that I empowered myself. I took my power back.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Things don't weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don't dwell on things; I don't let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.

I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

A long time ago when I was very little, I dreamed about being on stage. Some people told me I would never be able to do it, so I only paid attention to those who told me that I could.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

I'd taken the bull by the horns by liberating myself and creating a career. It took guts - it was scary and chancy - but they discounted me as empty-headed: some little piece of fluff without any brain that happened to come along.

I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.

After everything I've been through, I've realized I can do anything I put my mind to. And I want to do it all.

I am not merely a baseball player. I am a black man who has done what he wants, gotten what he wanted, and will continue to get it.

I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and I will continue to tell myself that I can do it, no matter what the odds.

Something I've learned is that when people tell me I can't do something, I immediately wonder why and then think it through. It only makes me more motivated to prove them wrong.