Quotes About Confidence

Dressing up and doing photo shoots was a side of the industry I really didn't think I would like. But now I've got a glam squad; I love trying on new outfits and experimenting with different looks.

I'm confident enough in my own ability and what I bring to the squad.

It is a great boost for confidence in a squad when there is not just one or two players scoring goals, but the whole team is contributing.

The more you play, the more you feel part of the squad, and then, in turn, you end up playing better. I think it's a psychological gap as well - if you don't think you're a first-team player, then you won't be.

Not gonna lie - having a personal glam squad is pretty amazing.

Dembele has things that nobody else in the squad has - self-confidence, one against one, shooting with both feet, personality.

To be able to win one game at Old Trafford or at one of the other strong sides in the country you have to be strong as a squad. You have to have the personality and the character to not fear and to be yourselves.

I try to give the squad my peace of mind, my experience of big competitions and to be myself.

I feel there's a lot of confidence in me when I'm with the national squad.

I've played against a lot of the guys who have got into the England squad - Scott Parker, Jimmy Bullard, people like that - and I feel like I'm holding my own.

If you said to me there's a top quality player who you can bring in and we are confident he will add to your squad, but you have to work with him a bit and he can be a bit fiery, then you feel if you are bringing him into a good group the group can take care of that.

I haven't been hung up on the international scene, I'm not sitting there waiting on the Ireland squad to be announced to see if I am in it.

Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.

Unfortunately, I found out when I was trying to like square up with people and face off with people and, like, try to intimidate them and I'm pretty non-threatening.

I'm not saying Gustafsson isn't a champion. He's not the champion that I am. He's not a champion at all. I've won the belt seven times. He got tapped out by Phil Davis and lost to me fair and square. This guy gets so much praise. Having a close fight with me was the greatest thing he's ever done.

The real intimidating stuff is the scene where you show up for the first day. You kind of square off, and that is where you look each other in the eye.

One of my pet peeves in athleisure today is clothes that make a woman feel square and one-dimensional.

I like to think that I offer more woman per square inch.

I was just such a quiet kid. I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

For me, in my auditioning career and my professional life, since I am kind of a big person and since I have a big personality, I often find myself trying to squeeze myself into boxes that are really too small for me, and it ends up not working out.

Personally, scoring goals creates confidence and I gain the mental stability and get poised from it.

Even though I know it's not always the case, I associate dressing up with mental stability.

I needed some stability, which is why I chose not to change from HRC for this season, which was an option that we had. Apart from being the best team in the world, I also needed some consistency.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.