Carrie Underwood Reflects on Nearly Quitting ‘American Idol’ After Her Top 10 Performance
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As part of her Idol to icon'}, {'start': '20.000', 'end': '24.400', 'text': 'YouTube weteries, Underwood looked back'}, {'start': '22.320', 'end': '26.720', 'text': "on her performance of Martina McBride's"}, {'start': '24.400', 'end': '29.439', 'text': 'Independence Day and shared what she'}, {'start': '26.720', 'end': '31.359', 'text': 'wrote in her diary after the show.'}, {'start': '29.439', 'end': '34.000', 'text': "I don't know. Sometimes I think it would"}, {'start': '31.359', 'end': '36.480', 'text': 'just be easier if I go home. Underwood'}, {'start': '34.000', 'end': '38.960', 'text': 'admitted in her journal, but I know I'}, {'start': '36.480', 'end': '41.280', 'text': 'would regret it forever. I just have to'}, {'start': '38.960', 'end': '44.000', 'text': "remember that I know I've got this. I"}, {'start': '41.280', 'end': '46.399', 'text': "wouldn't be here if I wasn't good. I can"}, {'start': '44.000', 'end': '50.399', 'text': 'so do this. And who cares if the judges'}, {'start': '46.399', 'end': '51.920', 'text': "don't like it? I know I do. Lol. The"}, {'start': '50.399', 'end': '53.600', 'text': 'country singer was blushing as she'}, {'start': '51.920', 'end': '57.680', 'text': 'mocked herself for her confidence and'}, {'start': '53.600', 'end': '60.320', 'text': 'mimicked herself, saying, "I know I do."'}, {'start': '57.680', 'end': '63.039', 'text': 'She then added, "I love how I started'}, {'start': '60.320', 'end': '65.600', 'text': "out. Like, I don't know. I just think"}, {'start': '63.039', 'end': '68.080', 'text': "it'd be easier if I go home and then I"}, {'start': '65.600', 'end': '70.960', 'text': 'just gradually start talking myself up.'}, {'start': '68.080', 'end': '73.920', 'text': 'I would regret it. I got this. I'}, {'start': '70.960', 'end': '76.240', 'text': "wouldn't be here if I wasn't good. I can"}, {'start': '73.920', 'end': '78.799', 'text': 'so do this. It gets a little more and'}, {'start': '76.240', 'end': '80.640', 'text': 'more ramped up." It just goes to show'}, {'start': '78.799', 'end': '82.479', 'text': "that even someone with Underwood's level"}, {'start': '80.640', 'end': '85.600', 'text': 'of talent can struggle with confidence'}, {'start': '82.479', 'end': '88.240', 'text': 'sometimes. and if she had gone home, she'}, {'start': '85.600', 'end': '90.640', 'text': "probably wouldn't be where she is today."}, {'start': '88.240', 'end': '93.360', 'text': 'Instead, she stuck it out and went on to'}, {'start': '90.640', 'end': '96.000', 'text': "win the show. I don't think I let the"}, {'start': '93.360', 'end': '99.280', 'text': 'win scenario really enter my brain until'}, {'start': '96.000', 'end': '101.200', 'text': 'like top three or four. For me, at the'}, {'start': '99.280', 'end': '102.880', 'text': 'time, it was like there were certain'}, {'start': '101.200', 'end': '104.960', 'text': 'levels you wanted to get to because'}, {'start': '102.880', 'end': '106.479', 'text': 'different things can happen, Underwood'}, {'start': '104.960', 'end': '108.799', 'text': 'explained.'}, {'start': '106.479', 'end': '110.799', 'text': 'So, of course, you want to make top 24'}, {'start': '108.799', 'end': '113.680', 'text': "and then it's like you want to make top"}, {'start': '110.799', 'end': '115.439', 'text': '12, then you want to make top 10. There'}, {'start': '113.680', 'end': '118.079', 'text': 'were certain levels you really wanted to'}, {'start': '115.439', 'end': '120.240', 'text': 'get to. Once I got to top 10, because I'}, {'start': '118.079', 'end': '122.880', 'text': 'was a broadcast journalism major, I was'}, {'start': '120.240', 'end': '124.719', 'text': 'like, "Okay, with every step, it\'s going'}, {'start': '122.880', 'end': '127.360', 'text': 'to be easier for me to get a job when I'}, {'start': '124.719', 'end': '129.679', 'text': 'get sent home." I was very practical in'}, {'start': '127.360', 'end': '131.680', 'text': 'my thinking. Top 10 was a little more of'}, {'start': '129.679', 'end': '134.160', 'text': "a relaxing stage to be in because it's"}, {'start': '131.680', 'end': '137.520', 'text': 'like, no matter what happens, this is'}, {'start': '134.160', 'end': '140.400', 'text': "top 10. we're here and nobody can take"}, {'start': '137.520', 'end': '142.080', 'text': 'that away. As for her career plans, if'}, {'start': '140.400', 'end': '144.360', 'text': "she didn't go on to pursue music,"}, {'start': '142.080', 'end': '146.480', 'text': 'Underwood said, "I picked a'}, {'start': '144.360', 'end': '149.120', 'text': 'masscommunications field because I like'}, {'start': '146.480', 'end': '151.760', 'text': 'words and I like writing stories. I like'}, {'start': '149.120', 'end': '153.519', 'text': 'writing. I was hoping to get into either'}, {'start': '151.760', 'end': '155.840', 'text': 'being on your local news or doing'}, {'start': '153.519', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'something in that realm or advertising,'}, {'start': '155.840', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'something like'}]