Competition Quote by Sarah Rafferty

In high school I was president of the Student Council, and I ended up doing a lot of speeches. After you do a few…

— Osric Chau

I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and…

— Steve Allen

I went to private school in Manhattan, and at a young age, they made us do public speaking. For some reason, I was good…

— Paul Dano

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.

— Gary Clark, Jr

I started acting when I was, like, five in monologue competitions at this private elementary school.

— Josie Loren

Sometimes [high school speech team] was funny, other times it was just talking, but it gave me the confidence to speak in front of…

— Gabriel Iglesias

I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into theater, and…

— Keala Settle

My school has always encouraged students to participate in different competitions and it was my teachers who helped me overcome stage fear as I…

— Manushi Chhillar

I got on the high school speech team and everyday I would get up in front of the class and just start talking.

— Gabriel Iglesias

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really…

— Karl Pilkington

We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at.

— John Mellencamp

When I was in the sixth form I presented a cable and satellite programme about music, television and video. I used to do public…

— Konnie Huq