Quotes About Confidence

My father used to call me back from playtime in our giant yard, take me aside, and, putting his hand on my shoulder, say, "You are letting those boys beat you so that they will like you. Now, go out there and win, and they will respect you.

As His Holiness the Dalai Lama said to me once, "A tiger does not apologize.

Sometimes I say things I shouldn't. I guess I'm too outspoken.

Only by underrating yourself can you keep on improve

Only by underrating yourself will you find the will to improve

You don't have to be hot to be beautiful.

I think when you're winning, your uniforms are cool.

Years later Adrian would confess that the padded shoulders also helped to distract attention from another Crawford liability, her big hips. "To offset her womanly hips, I developed the idea of broad shoulders," the designer told Womens Wear Daily.)

What he did know was that the only way to get from nowhere to somewhere was to believe in yourself and take a chance.

Not only did we get invited to the party that year, we took over the dance floor.

the biggest obstacle I had to overcome that day was not the aura of Pipeline, the coral reef, or the local crew. It was myself. As soon as I convinced myself that I belonged, nothing could stop me.

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'

Surfers have the most attitude.

Even if a woman knows in her head that her husband finds her beautiful, she still needs to hear it.

Second, if you are one of those rare women who is a size 2 and convinced you're fat, be careful. You're probably delusional.

I'm not a businessman. I'm a business, man.

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.

Yo! Hold my poodle!

We all have to find beauty within us, as opposed to just our exterior.

I'm a fan of designers and clothes that look beautiful, but more importantly, make me feel beautiful and confident. It's why I've always loved Stella McCartney, and more recently, Prabal Gurung. Their pieces are cool, yet timeless, and the fits are effortlessly flattering.

Your self-esteem is a double-edged sword. It all depends on the 'self' of self-esteem whether it'll pull you up from the nadir or push you down from the pinnacle.

Aside from blow jobs, though, I'm through with being the perfect girlfriend, just through with it. Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius.

Women apologize too much, I once decided, and made myself stop, and now found it incredibly difficult to tell anyone I was sorry.

The most compelling women are the ones who are distinctive, who are most like themselves and least like other women.