Misty Copeland Quotes

Of course, I think that people are just waiting for that time when I make a mistake and they're gonna jump on it.... There's gonna be haters.

We're definitely going to get some flak each and every day, whether it's social-media keyboard warriors, or people in person.

Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those - in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed.

Obviously I'm going to have haters.

When you dig down and look at the people who are vocal in their criticism of me, it's a small number.

Naysayers have been saying stuff my whole career.

I've been the target of haters for so long, for so many years. Ever since I was a kid and I first started the show.

I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.

People are going to bash you while you're alive, and they're going to bash you when you're gone.

The worst thing about being the laureate has been the attitude of a tiny minority of adults who haven't liked some of the things I'm supposed to have said and who have used it as an opportunity to be verbally abusive and nasty, but I haven't let it rule my world!

At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail.

I have a lot of critics; we all know that.

Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.

I don't care whether people say, ''The Office' is rubbish, 'Extras' is worse, 'Flanimals' is a waste of time. He's not funny; he never has been. I hate him.' I don't mind that at all. In fact, not only do I expect it, I celebrate it, because I think the haters are really important.

When I was 14 or 15, I was in a small troupe for teenagers, and I heard somebody say, 'Oh, she'll never get anywhere. She's too common.'

Everyone's a critic: when you are doing something good, everybody wants to bring you down, and that's something I've been told. People want to see you do good, but not too good.

There's a lot of hating on social media - and I'm not the only one, I'm 100 percent sure. Pick the best player possible - all-time or one who's playing today - everybody has something to say.

There are always going to be your supporters, and then there are going to be haters. I kind of laugh at them.

As I was coming up, there was so much naysaying, there was so much doubt, whether it was from my peers or people in the industry.

A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at him. Prophets have been on the receiving end of mud more than medals.

People always want to knock you when you're up.

Haters are my motivators

It's wonderful to be hated by idiots.

When I've gotten criticism, it's that it's too long, too soft, didn't hit the government hard enough. Then when I do hit the government, they go, What's he doing hitting the government?

Never mind what haters say, ignore them 'til they fade away.