A Quote by Matt Sydal

You don't want to end up being an indie wrestler who wants to be the big fish in a small pond.

Matt Sydal

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Being Big Big Fish End Fish Indie Pond Small Up Want Wants Wrestler

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Matt Sydal
American - Wrestler
Born: March 19, 1983

Some people like being a big fish in a small pond, others a ferocious shark in the ocean, I rather be the ocean. In the end, fish die.

Behdad Sami

I prefer being a small fish in a big pond.

Stacy Keibler

Are you nervous about no longer being a big fish in a small pond?

Lisi Harrison

When I was a kid, I felt like I could do anything and play anything. I just felt super-confident. And then, once I started to play music professionally, maybe it's from being from a small town, but you grow up and then you're suddenly a big fish in a small pond, and I realized that there were a billion other drummers out there that could play as good as you or better, and everybody wants that job.

Patty Schemel

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.

Nick Lowe

In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in a big pond.

Victoria Beckham

I've always done pretty well for myself here in the U.K., but I was never going to be content being a big fish in a small pond.

Jay Sean

I went from being a big fish in a small pond to going to City with a lot of top players, I felt like I had to work really hard to be the best.

Jadon Sancho

I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.

Leonard Lauder

You can be a big fish in a small pond, but you're only going to be competing against people at that level.

Finn Balor

We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.

Shane Claiborne

Loads of overtaking is boring. You go fishing and you catch a fish every ten minutes and it's boring. But if you site there all day, and you catch one mega fish, you come back with stories that you caught a fish this big (indicates a big fish), intead of this size (indicating a small fish)

Eddie Irvine

I kind of killed it in college. You know that saying "big fish in a small pond"? At Dartmouth college, I was freakin' Jaws in a community swimming pool

Mindy Kaling

I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond.

Anthony Michael Hall

I loved acting and wanted to be a leading man. But I decided I'd rather be a big fish in the stuntman pond than a little acting fish. I guess I must have made the right decision.