Quotes About Confidence

I really don't mind what people assume about me. I really think that my brain is my private thing. I don't need the approval of people. I don't need people to think I'm intelligent. And I'm not that intelligent.

I am at one of the best clubs in the world and in the best league. And in my private life, everything is also going very well. At 25, I feel in the right place.

You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life.

Growing up in Middlesbrough I was taught to be resilient and competitive. My teachers made us believe that just because kids were at private school up the road, it didn't mean they were better than us.

We need to make investment to get the economy going again, to give the private sector the confidence.

Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.

After all these years I had the privilege of naming my private part, cause we have nicknames. So I named my private part pride... it's not much but at least I have my pride.

I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions.

I'm a prize fighter. Put me in any card and I'll sell it out. I can do it, man.

And I've never really been a makeup pro.

I can scare myself like a pro.

I feel like a pro now. Before I fought Holmes, I felt like a rookie.

I know I will have to prove I am the best and make history in pro boxing, but I have no doubts about it, as I did in the amateurs, and I will do it as a pro.

I didn't know I was good enough to be a pro growing up.

Before coming into college, I definitely wasn't ready to go pro. I didn't have those results that all the other players had. I didn't have the confidence in my game or myself, or things like that.

The pro game is about confidence.

The probability of failure doesn't matter to me.

Most of us think that we are 'better than average' in most things. We are also 'miscalibrated,' meaning that our sense of the probability of events doesn't line up with reality. When we say we are sure about a certain fact, for example, we may well be right only half the time.

If you don't like me, it's your problem.

If you have a problem with my answer that's your problem, not my problem.

You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.

I've never had a problem with pressure because I believe in my own ability.

I don't care if the heroes are short. That's their problem.

One can't be a successful investor without a healthy dose of confidence. To commit your own and others' hard-earned capital requires conviction, and conviction requires confidence. But as with fine brandy or coffee ice cream, too much of a good thing can be problematic.