Quotes About Confidence

I never argued with people who underestimated me. If the accent and the muscles and the movies made people think I was stupid, it worked to my advantage.

After that, I never went to a competition to compete. I went to win. Even though I didn't win every time, that was my mind-set. I became a total animal. If you tuned into my thoughts before a competition, you would hear something like: "I deserve that pedestal, I own it, and the sea ought to part for me. Just get out of the fucking way, I'm on a mission. So just step aside and gimme the trophy.

have never seen a case in which an individual made progress in bodybuilding without experiencing an accompanying boost in self-esteem, self-confidence, and enjoyment of life.

Often it's easier to make a decision when you don't know as much, because then you can't overthink. If you know too much, it can freeze you. The whole deal looks like a minefield.

I believed that the only way you become a leading man is by treating yourself like a leading man and working your ass off. If you don't believe in yourself, then how will anyone else believe in you?

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.

I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.

I guess it's like James Joyce when he was a kid, you know. He hung out with all the great writers of the day, and he was a little kid, like, with tennis shoes on, and they said 'Look at this lame!' They didn't use those words in those days. They said 'God, here comes this nut.' And he told them, 'I'm great!' And he sat with them, and he loved to be with them, and it ended up that he was great.

The only courageous act is to speak in the first person.

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you're behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything.

I don't think I am really awesome. I think I have basic qualification to be an actor.

Don't be afraid to make things up. Never fear being exposed as a fraud. Experts make things up all the time. They're qualified to.

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

In 1990 I qualified to play in the World Championships for the first time. I was ranked 125-1 to win but I knew I could do it.

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

We are still confident as a team that we will make it through to the final Cup qualifying round.

People say, 'You look so great for your age,' and I say, 'OK, you can leave off the 'for your age' part. Can we all stop qualifying it?'

We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.