- It was at that moment that I realized that,
okay, wow, I am different.
- A small comment in such a short period of time
can stick with you.
- Yeah, I was definitely picked on as a kid.
- Oh yeah.
Look at me, of course I got picked on!
- I think you always dream about going back to a situation,
especially when it's recent,
and being able to say what you really wanted to say
to the people that hurt you or tormented you.
- When I was eight I was on the playground,
and one of my friends told me I had elf ears.
Which isn't really even that mean,
but it like stuck with me.
My response now would be,
ever heard of Legolas?
- I had to wear leg braces because I was
pigeon-toed and I had bow legs.
And there was a new student in my class,
and the first thing out of her mouth
that she said when she was me was that I walk funny.
That I walk like a duck.
If by "duck" you meant "Mighty Duck",
then you are correct.
- In fifth grade I was told that
I have fat, wrinkly hands.
And, I'm not gonna lie,
it's a little bit true.
Well you know what, fifth grade bullies?
I went to a palm reader in high school,
and she told me that all the wrinkles on my fat hands
mean that I have wise hands.
Not fat wrinkly hands, wise hands.
- I was wearing this like really red shirt,
and my sister said, you shouldn't wear red
because it brings out your pimples.
- People make fun of me for my hair all the time.
Just 'cause it grows up naturally.
Put the hate away, love yourself, and leave everybody alone.
- I've always kind of had a baby face.
So it was my first day of middle school in a new school.
We're talking about what
fake football jersey name you would have.
This kid said, hey, on the back of your jersey
it should say "Little Bitch".
I came home in tears and
said I wanted to go back to my old school.
- A group of kids would call me "chinky eyes".
Somehow my eyes equated to being ugly,
and I didn't quite understand that it was
just an ethnic difference.
- I was overweight and I was depressed.
There's a certain member of my family
that everybody is afraid of.
She just came after me.
Kept telling me I was fat, kept telling me to lose weight,
kept telling me I was fat.
- I think the best I could do is be above all of it,
and the worst you can do is believe what they say.
I guess I would just say, "I don't believe you".
- That stuck with me, and has made me
not want to feel weak.
I ain't no bitch.
'Cause I'm not.
- I do what I want.
- They might fear you, but I don't.
- To anyone out there who's being picked on or bullied,
you can't change the way others think,
but you can control how you think about yourself.
- When you're younger you just want to
look like everybody else, and when you
get older we all want to look different.
- There are other people out there who are just like you,
who are going through the same things.
- And sometimes you can take a weakness
and turn it into a strength.
Just a little bit of wisdom I got from these guys.
- Boom, mike drop, what's up.
You're welcome, Internet.
That felt great.
That did, that really did.