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Tomboy Quotes

For anyone who grew up more outdoors than indoors.

These lines come from women looking back fondly on childhoods built around sport and siblings rather than clothes or trends. Several mention specific games, from ice hockey to general roughhousing, as the real center of those years. Related identity quotes live under Being.

I dress like a tomboy.

Quotes by Agyness Deyn

I've always been a very outdoors sort of girl. I'm more a tomboy than a girly girl.

Quotes by Yvonne Strahovski

I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.

Quotes by Yvonne Strahovski

I was kind of a tomboy. I was the girl in middle school with the floods on - I wasn't fashionable at all.

Quotes by Tori Bowie

Always Quotes

I'm among the first girls ever to play Little League baseball, and to my knowledge, the very first in western Illinois. It was 1976, and I was a nine-year-old tomboy whose older brothers had played.

Quotes by Therese Fowler

I'm such a tomboy.

Quotes by Teyana Taylor

I was a wild child tomboy.

Quotes by Teyonah Parris

Growing up, I was definitely a tomboy, an overall-and-Converse type of girl, and I still am, but for events, I love dressing up.

Quotes by Sydney Sweeney

I was very much of a tomboy.

Quotes by Suzanne Farrell

Being Quotes

I was such a tomboy when I was young. I hated girls' clothes.

Quotes by Suki Waterhouse

Noel Black, who directed 'Pretty Poison,' got me to play a film-making student in 'Cover Me Babe.' At least it wasn't another tomboy.

Quotes by Sondra Locke

I was an extreme tomboy. I did competitive gymnastics for over 10 years. I cut my hair like Winona Ryder, with that little pixie cut.

Quotes by Serinda Swan

I was a tomboy through and through; I hated dresses and was personally miffed that I couldn't join the Little League team.

Quotes by Sandra Faber

I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.

Quotes by S. E. Hinton

Friends Quotes

I like very minimal stuff. I'm a tomboy at heart - and in body!

Quotes by Rosa Salazar

I was kind of a cross between Kristy and Mary Anne among 'The Baby-Sitters Club' characters. I was shy, but I was also kind of a tomboy, and I was really good at sticking my foot in my mouth even...

Quotes by Raina Telgemeier

I was a tomboy.

Quotes by Rachel Weisz

I'm definitely somewhat of a tomboy. I grew up a pretty big tomboy, actually, and was really obsessed with basketball.

Quotes by Rachele Brooke Smith

Having a Mary Poppins-themed birthday party when I was 5 - all my friends went in dresses, and I went as a chimney sweep. I was a real tomboy.

Quotes by Poppy Delevingne

Girl Quotes

I'm more androgynous, because men are supposed to be more spatial, women more literal - I'm a tomboy.

Quotes by Portia Doubleday

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes make up the Tomboy collection?
First-person recollections from women describing childhoods centered on sport and outdoor play rather than fashion or fitting a girly stereotype.
Why do people relate to this specific theme?
It captures a common experience of not matching expected style at a young age and later looking back on it with pride rather than regret.
Does the collection mention specific sports?
Yes, one entry recalls a childhood spent on the rink alongside several brothers and a sister, treating that sporty upbringing as central to identity rather than incidental.
Is fashion a recurring topic here?
It comes up mostly by contrast, with a couple of lines noting a lack of interest in trends or being seen as unfashionable at school.
What other pages pair well with this one?
Browse Girl or Friends for related identity and childhood themes.

A couple of entries touch on not quite fitting the expected style at school, worn as a badge rather than a complaint. Continue with Girl or Friends.