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Reese Witherspoon

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342 total appearances

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We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Friendship is so much, but it's a deposit and a withdrawal system. I think about that a lot. You can't take a withdrawal if you haven't made a deposit.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I think about that a lot because, you know, I think people in my position and y'all's position, it's like, there's a lot of people who want to withdraw. There is. And people who have bright light or energy or caregivers or are caretakers, they give, they give, they give, right? But you got to make sure someone's putting a deposit into your friendship.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I think about that a lot because, you know, I think people in my position and y'all's position, it's like, there's a lot of people who want to withdraw. There is. And people who have bright light or energy or caregivers or are caretakers, they give, they give, they give, right? But you got to make sure someone's putting a deposit into your friendship.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I think about that a lot because, you know, I think people in my position and y'all's position, it's like, there's a lot of people who want to withdraw. There is. And people who have bright light or energy or caregivers or are caretakers, they give, they give, they give, right? But you got to make sure someone's putting a deposit into your friendship.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And then every once in a while, re-evaluate. Is this more withdrawal than deposit? Where is the balance here?

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And then every once in a while, re-evaluate. Is this more withdrawal than deposit? Where is the balance here?

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And then every once in a while, re-evaluate. Is this more withdrawal than deposit? Where is the balance here?

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Gosh, I feel like it's a very similar thing. It is, right? I can look at a group of people and... I just know the two or three people I'm supposed to get to know better. It doesn't mean that we're going to have this incredible connection, but I watched the way people interact with people, their use of language. I think it's really important to me because I'm a words person looking at that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Gosh, I feel like it's a very similar thing. It is, right? I can look at a group of people and... I just know the two or three people I'm supposed to get to know better. It doesn't mean that we're going to have this incredible connection, but I watched the way people interact with people, their use of language. I think it's really important to me because I'm a words person looking at that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Gosh, I feel like it's a very similar thing. It is, right? I can look at a group of people and... I just know the two or three people I'm supposed to get to know better. It doesn't mean that we're going to have this incredible connection, but I watched the way people interact with people, their use of language. I think it's really important to me because I'm a words person looking at that.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Are they here to withdraw or deposit or stay neutral? This is a funny story, y'all. I trained for this movie where I played a NCAA championship softball player. don't laugh.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Are they here to withdraw or deposit or stay neutral? This is a funny story, y'all. I trained for this movie where I played a NCAA championship softball player. don't laugh.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Are they here to withdraw or deposit or stay neutral? This is a funny story, y'all. I trained for this movie where I played a NCAA championship softball player. don't laugh.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I had this really great coach and she was like a 12 time NCAA champion coach. And I thought, well, first of all, anybody who's had coaching at that level, just the positivity that they put in these young athletes is incredible. I thought if I'd had that when I was 22, I wouldn't have to read a hundred self-help books. I read a hundred self-help books when I was 20, 22, 23.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I had this really great coach and she was like a 12 time NCAA champion coach. And I thought, well, first of all, anybody who's had coaching at that level, just the positivity that they put in these young athletes is incredible. I thought if I'd had that when I was 22, I wouldn't have to read a hundred self-help books. I read a hundred self-help books when I was 20, 22, 23.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I had this really great coach and she was like a 12 time NCAA champion coach. And I thought, well, first of all, anybody who's had coaching at that level, just the positivity that they put in these young athletes is incredible. I thought if I'd had that when I was 22, I wouldn't have to read a hundred self-help books. I read a hundred self-help books when I was 20, 22, 23.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And she said something really smart about friendship. Her name is Coach Inquist. Do you know Coach Inquist? Yeah. She's amazing. And she said, Reese, you're going to meet three different kinds of people in life. third of the people are going to lift you up. They're going to believe in your dreams. They're going to encourage you. You're going to encourage them.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And she said something really smart about friendship. Her name is Coach Inquist. Do you know Coach Inquist? Yeah. She's amazing. And she said, Reese, you're going to meet three different kinds of people in life. third of the people are going to lift you up. They're going to believe in your dreams. They're going to encourage you. You're going to encourage them.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And she said something really smart about friendship. Her name is Coach Inquist. Do you know Coach Inquist? Yeah. She's amazing. And she said, Reese, you're going to meet three different kinds of people in life. third of the people are going to lift you up. They're going to believe in your dreams. They're going to encourage you. You're going to encourage them.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And a third of the people are going to be totally neutral. They're just neutral. And you don't care about them. They don't care about you. No harm, no foul. And then the other third are going to try and drag you down.