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I've always been brought up to stand on my own two feet and not rely too heavily on everyone else around me.

It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.

My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet.

I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.

My mother always told me before shows to stand up and show them whose little boy you are.

My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted to be.