Quotes About Self-awareness

The worst damage a person - a fighter or even a person that's just everyday living - is shorten your life by your lifestyle.

I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.

There is a lot more to me than just being a crazy fighter.

I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.

Just because I beat David Haye doesn't make me a great fighter. I'm still the same fighter that I was.

I have got better over the years, and I know what sort of fighter I am.

I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm not much of a fighter.

A lot of people think they're better than they are and it can be very hard to get found out when you come up against a good fighter, getting dominated in every single way - every area you thought you were good in.

Me, I don't know anything. Don't even know fighters in my own division.

I was not fighting myself at all as I used to.

I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down - a bourgeois wimp - and I'm fighting that. I think all Brits are, maybe.

Yes, I am physical but never go looking for fights. I have been in my share of them but never looked for them.

I've always mid-lined myself where I don't really expect myself to do big things or to win big fights. It's not a lack of confidence, it's just that I think to an extent that you need a bit of an ego if you're going to think that you're going to conquer something.

Sometimes it's kind of strange, and it's definitely something I have to work on in the future, but when I'm big favourite in fights, it's almost like I try too hard and try to force things to happen. That always seems to take a bad turn and makes my performance look bad, even if I win.

I want to figure out myself as a man.

I don't think men figure out what they're really about until they're 25. That's when they start to feel like themselves.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing.

When I was young, people were so disgusted by me. Before I even knew that I was gay... everybody else had it figured out and, you know, they were letting you know.

I've never really figured out why the media covers the media, you know?

I've definitely met some people that cultivated a masculinity that they taught themselves. I don't know how they figured out how to do it, but I couldn't.

As soon as I figured out I didn't know anything about music, I was OK. It's when I thought I could learn something that I was in trouble.

That's a part of success: figuring out what success means to you.

I am private because I'm still figuring things out. I'm young! I'm making it up as I go!