Quotes About Self-awareness

My biggest mentor is myself, I've always felt.

Eric Schmidt from Google is one of my favorite mentors. And Eric would always say this very humbling thing that's really true, which is, he would say, 'Good executives confuse themselves when they convince themselves that they actually do things.'

Cold is merciless. It shows you where you are. What you are.

Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep further down the road.

We make a mess of things sometimes but that doesn't make you bad - it makes you human.

I don't blame Le Havre. Back then, I wasn't an easy person to handle. I was always one of the first to mess around. So there were a lot of reasons why my adventure stopped at that point.

On very base level, I'm a hot mess.

I have no great message to the world.

The mentality always in reggaeton was, 'I'm the man.' I made that cool to say, 'I messed up. I'm not the best.'

I'm never happy about anything, playing-wise. I always think there's things I messed up on, things I should've done differently that could've, A, made us win, or B, made the win easier.

I know I'm not a Lionel Messi or a Cristiano Ronaldo.

I am not crazy enough to compare myself with Messi because he is the best there ever was and the best there will ever be.

We can't all be Lionel Messi, even if we want to.

I am not Lionel Messi, I'm not Maradona, I'm just Dries and I'm happy with that.

I think when you start messing with your own hormones, it's crazy-making.

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

Keep a meter on your fear. Fear can cripple you.

No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.

We did the 'L.A. to Miami' album, with the song 'Miami, My Amy,' which really saved my life as far as confidence goes. It gave me a hit. But it wasn't really what I was about - and I think deep down inside I knew it, even if I didn't want to face it.

I don't think most guys can handle a mic even close to what I do if I'm honest and I say that with no ego, that's the honest truth. I know what I do and I'm self aware.

I've sort of come to accept the fact that when I'm 80, people will ask about Michael Alig. I've had to realize that this is part of who I am.

I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.

It's all about being comfortable, forgetting there's a microphone in front of you.

People think I am arrogant, I don't think so. I cannot be arrogant at all... I am basically a lower middle class person by heart.