A Quote by Gerry Cooney

You go through pain. You feel uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uncomfortable until you change. I acquired a different outlook.

Gerry Cooney

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Gerry Cooney
American - Athlete
Born: August 4, 1956

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers. It's uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail. It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle...If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.

Seth Godin

I've learned that for many people, change is uncomfortable. Maybe they want to go through it, and they can see the benefit of it, but at a gut level, change is uncomfortable.

Mitchell Baker

If it's something that I feel uncomfortable with, that's a reason for me to write it. I kind of like to make myself feel uncomfortable. I think if you're starting to feel uncomfortable with something when you're writing it, that's the reason really to push on with it.

Irvine Welsh

I can say, 'I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable.' Or I could say, 'Get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?'

Barbra Streisand

You have to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. I'm always comfortable being uncomfortable. And to be comfortable being uncomfortable, I have to hone my discipline, which to me is doing what I have to do, but also doing it like I love it.

Mike Tyson

Do the uncomfortable. Become comfortable with these acts. Prove to yourself that your limiting beliefs die a quick death if you will simply do what you feel uncomfortable doing.

Darren Rowse

There's nothing I've done that I feel a lot of regret over because I stuck to my guns, even when it got uncomfortable - and it will get uncomfortable because you're going up against the wall.

Shirley Manson

Individuals who are uncomfortable with themselves sometimes emit vibes that make others uncomfortable.

Amy Dickinson

People are uncomfortable about disability, and so interactions can become unintentionally uncomfortable.

Stella Young

Honestly, the most uncomfortable thing for me is my level of incompetence is uncomfortable.

Timothy Miller

I'm used to being in uncomfortable situations. I actually thrive in uncomfortable environments.

Ant Middleton

If you are uncomfortable, you make your family uncomfortable because they don't know how to treat you when they come.

Mahima Chaudhry

Training, a lot of the time, is just uncomfortable. But discipline is all about doing the thing that's uncomfortable.

Frank Shamrock

Uncomfortable doesn't mean bad, uncomfortable simply means you're doing something you haven't done before.

Joe Vitale

I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it makes you complacent. I feel very satisfyingly uncomfortable. I have the freedom to feel uncomfortable in the way I want to, is maybe a way to put it.