"I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?"

In this quote, Maureen O'Hara assesses her past choices and actions in regards to her career and relationships with males. She acknowledges that she has actually always been strong and independent when it concerned her career, not enabling anybody to pressure her into doing things she didn't want to do. However, she questions why she was unable to preserve that very same strength and self-reliance when it came to her relationships with men. This quote highlights the internal battle and vulnerability that O'Hara may have experienced in her personal life, in spite of her success and self-confidence in her professional life.