Quotes About Confidence

Many complain of their looks, few of their brains.

Question: What is the opposite of faith? Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself is a kind of belief. Doubt.

This is known, and what is not known does not undermine it. This is the scientific way. To be open about the limits of one's knowledge increases public confidence in what one says is known.

his way of walking toward closed doors without slowing down, knowing they would open for him;

I was always certain of your father's love, because when he fell for me I was looking less attractive than a water buffalo

A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him, to prove he's managed it. Playing God again, you could say. Or you could come down a few notches, and think of Tinkerbell; fairies don't exist if children don't clap their hands. Or you might simply say: it's just like being a man. Not only the need to be believed in, but to believe in another. You've got it: Love.

Question: What is the opposite of faith? Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself a kind of belief. Doubt.

It is also true that the less competent a person is in a given domain, the more he will tend to overestimate his abilities. This often produces an ugly marriage of confidence and ignorance that is very difficult to correct for.

By wearing cosmetics a woman seeks to look younger or more beautiful than she otherwise would. Honesty doesn't require that she issue a continuous disclaimer: I see you are looking at my face. Please be aware that I don't look this good first thing in the morning.

I am confident of doing well because I am enjoying my sport again.

I know I've made huge gains in my confidence, and knowing more about my racing and myself as a person. That has made me a better athlete

Confidence is everything. If you start second guessing yourself, you're bound to run into more bad outings

I don't think I'm unbeatable, nobody is

I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.

Men are very confident people. Even a sixty-year-old man with no arms thinks he could play in the Super Bowl if he had to.

These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.

If you don't think like a winner, you're not going to be a winner.

The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.

I don't even have moderately big breasticles. They just look like - well, nevermind what they look like. At least they stay strapped down when I worm into a sports bra.

When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have.

I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself.

Sports executives are great at convincing themselves whatever they believe is right and simply has to be.

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

Bodybuilding is about making oneself seem larger than life. It's about creating the illusion of perfection.