Quotes About Authenticity

They are who we thought they were!

Some people attach snowboards to their feet, very few attach them to their souls.

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

Powder snow skiing is not fun. It's life, fully lived - life lived in a blaze of reality.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

You are what you are.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

If you lose your integrity, you've lost everything.

Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.

I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.

I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.

I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously.

To be honest, I still don't feel like I'm a representative or an ambassador for the sport.

I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives.

In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.

To answer that question honestly, I'd have to lie to you.

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

In a world where you can be anything, be yourself.

four-fifths of the words attributed to me are things I never said, and would not agree with. If your words cannot stand on their own, adding my name won't make them less flimsy

Pour être un membre irréprochable parmi une communauté de moutons, Il faut avant toute chose être soi-même un mouton.