Quotes About Self-belief

Against any fighter out there I'd back myself 100 per cent. I don't care who you are, what title you've got. Once we're in the ring I'm just going to perform to the best of my ability, go out and give it all I've got.

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.

It's a fine line between self-assuredness and arrogance.

You definitely need self-belief and confidence, but there is a very fine line between that and arrogance. I would like to think I sit on the other side of that.

Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.

In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.

The best piece of life advice I've ever been given is to not take every no to heart - especially with my Little Fires Everywhere audition story.

I am confident in myself and about my fitness.

Remember who you are. Remember to be strong and don't care about what people say.

I mean, some of the shots I take now I wouldn't have dreamed of taking when I first put on a Heat uniform. I would've been like, 'Who am I to take that shot?' Some undrafted guy who averaged nine points a game his senior year in college.

You can be whoever you want to be. Don't let those voices or noises, whether they're inside or outside, distract you.

I can be whoever I want. I can feel however I want.

You can become whoever you want to be. You can do what you want to do.

I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.

I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same personality... The one thing I've chosen to be great at in my life is singing - so why not be proud that I'm great at it?

I feel like, O.K., if I can make it as a singer, then let me try rapping. If I can make it as a rapper, then let me try writing. All right? If I make it as a rap singer and writer, then why not try to produce? I don't feel limited in any way.

People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.'

I think, of course, when you are coming somewhere, when you know you are playing good tennis, it always helps you.

A lot of times when I'm confident and relaxed on the court, I'm going to be a pretty tough out. But when I'm not so confident and not so relaxed, I tense up and my balls fall short and everything. It just sort of unravels.

In terms of self-esteem and confidence I think I'm generally quite healthy.

In terms of the sport itself, I think we need to stop talking ourselves down.

You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are.

'Dogfight' was everything wonderful and terrifying about a show, and I feel it 1,000% gave me the knowledge and the confidence that I could do this. I can step up and be present enough to command scenes with amazing actors.

Any time you establish new territory for yourself, you've got to feel good.