1. "Putting it simply, I feel as though I'm a big fish in a little pond here. 2. "I'm still adjusting because I was a big fish in a little pond in Rochester and now the opposite is true," 3. We wanted to give them what we'd had growing up, living in a small community, being a big fish in a little pond ." 4. A Florida native, she races at mid-sized Calder Race Course in Miami and says she would rather be a big fish in a little pond . 5. "We're going to tell them they can be a big fish in a little pond , rather than a little fish in a big pond ." 6. "Basically, it's a question of whether we want to be a big fish in a little pond or a little fish in a big pond ." 7. "I always believed I'd be a big fish in a little pond . ( Huge success ) would never have happened for me in New York. 8. Wood asks to see the script and reflects on how good it feels to be a big fish in a little pond ( " Somebody " ). 9. In a 1985 interview with The Associated Press, Healy said being an American actor in England was like being " a big fish in a little pond ." 10. He chose the University of Toledo because " I thought it would be best to be a big fish in a little pond , " he told an alumni magazine in 1996.