Quotes About Confidence

It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.

Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.

I don't like getting up in front of people and being the loud one when everybody's out quiet and you're the only one talking. I'm not a fan of that. I'm fine when I get in front of a camera, I don't care. You'll never see me on stage. Not at all.

I'm always thinking I'm messing up. I did a lot of classes. I can't stand being on stage or the only one talking in a room, so class really helped me deal with that. It doesn't really get any easier, but it helps you focus on the acting.

Me not finishing school - in my head, I still have this insecurity when I'm talking to someone educated.

My game is not talking. I just go out there and play. I don't care who's across from me.

I think it is important not to scream from the rooftops to make yourself heard, I want my work to do the talking for me.

If you're talking about nuclear physics, I have to defer to the next guy. But if you're talking about football, I don't have to take a back seat to anyone.

I know what I'm talking about, so that when I say 'do something' I have the respect of the people doing it.

I'm very confident in my sexuality, and I really don't like talking about my romantic life in the press.

I don't want to get married - I've been there and done that. So I know what I'm talking about when I say that. And for everybody has a different path - find out your path! And if you want to do it, don't let people make you feel inadequate because you wanted to do something that's different.

What do I know about college football? I look like Orville Redenbacher. I have no business talking about college football.

For me to even be talking about bikini confidence is crazy. If you had asked me a couple of months ago, I probably would have been like, 'what are you talking about...' so it's actually huge for me to even feel okay with putting a bikini on.

Madeleine Albright, when you see her, she's not a beautiful woman and she's getting older. But you're saying that woman has gravitas. She knows what she's talking about.

No one can stop me from talking about my movie.

Man, I'm 31, talking like I'm 60. I really do feel in control.

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What are you talking about?' Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It's never occurred to me that I wasn't good enough for something.

Motivational talks are something I have been asked to do and i fancy taking a crack at it.

My thing was, if somebody talks about you this and that, you got to go prove them wrong.

I give myself pep talks. I have to tell myself how sexy I am - literally every day. I do. I look in the mirror and say, 'You are so sexy,' because everything else in my body is telling me, 'No, you're not.'

When you think about little league football, high school, and even on to college even more so, you're dealing with a lot of guys that are prideful, that think they're the best - a lot of alpha males. So, typically, you've got to have a guy that can control those guys, and, when he talks, they know he means business. He's a serious guy.

Anytime someone talks about your figure constantly, you get nervous; you get really self-conscious.

When I first started VMware, I was very shy and self-conscious about speaking. I grew out of this by giving talks each week in front of the whole company; gradually, as we scaled, I had talked to more and more people, and this is how I conquered my fear of talking to people.