Quotes About Confidence

Even before I made my high school team, I'd say I want to be a NBA player, and people laughed at me with, 'Get out of here, you ain't going to be a NBA player. You don't even play basketball.'

I just go out there and play basketball. I'll let everything else handle itself.

I just think we're all high-level basketball players, best in the world. And no matter the outside circumstance, we still have to play basketball.

I know what I do, I know I can play football, and I know I can talk about it.

I'm going out there, and I'm going to play football how I know to play football.

It's easy to play football when everything is going well and you are winning games back to back, winning, winning, it's the best feeling ever, you can go out there and express yourself you feel like you are not going to make mistakes.

I'm not a loud person or anything but when I play football I feel free; feel like I can do what I want when I'm out on the pitch.

I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off.

I always want to show them I can play football.

I think it's all about confidence and having a regular run in the team. The rest takes care of itself; a footballer never forgets how to play football, and I'm convinced that game time, matches, was all I needed because, ultimately, no one forgets how to score goals.

I play football, that's what I do, and people can bet on me if they want to, and if they don't, then their loss. Then they don't get a share of the wealth.

I have been playing football since I was eight so I know how to play football. But no-one can really prepare you for the mental side of things and having 40,000 fans saying you're not a good player or you don't belong.

You've got guys who will kiss up, and I'm not gonna kiss up. I don't need to kiss anyone's butt. I'm here to play golf.

What I want to do, is play music for somebody who believe in me.

I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'

The bigger the bet, the better I played.

If I play a bad game, I know I played a bad game. If I play a good game, I know I played a good game. So I don't need anyone to tell me if I did good or bad - because I know it.

I'm the greatest bass player in the world.

You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism might not be as accomplished, might not understand the game as well from the inside-out.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

I think every player should think that he's a difference maker.

The chip comes from people saying I'm not good enough, or I can't score, or I'm not a real basketball player.

I have always been confident in my abilities, always had my faith in God, always expressed myself, but when you are a young player, sometimes you get misunderstood.

I still don't really feel like a bass player.