Quotes About Self-belief

I never worried about topping myself.

I remembered the times I'd second-guessed myself or questioned my own ability. The times when a little voice in my head worried that I didn't have the know-how or the experience to reach for an exciting opportunity.

When I broke my leg in college my first year, they were worried that I wouldn't walk straight again. In fact, I'm pretty pigeon-toed, and most people think I don't walk straight anyway.

Don't worry about what other people say, you could be doing what they're doing or even better than them.

If you're going to worry about what people say, you're never going to make any progress.

Really I've just gotta be making really great music that I love and not worrying too much about what other people are gonna think about it.

I have a mentality of not worrying about what people say about me, good or bad. That's not what I'm putting my energy into.

Early on, when I was playing the one-day stuff a few years ago and had a really poor start to my career, it was actually when I stopped worrying about getting dropped and about all the things that might go wrong that I started playing better.

If you start worrying about your shooting percentages, you start not taking the shots you know you can make. You start worry about taking shots because you don't want to mess up your percentage.

It can be hard to keep that mentality but I know that to play your best you can't be worrying about getting dropped, because then you just go into your shell even more and play safe. I've just got to come out and play how I know I can play - that's the way that you get the best out of yourself.

It came to me that the one thing I could do was cook. And I figured I couldn't do any worse than the people running these places around town.

I am worth something and I will be big.

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise.

I have a ton of confidence in myself. You have to, to play this position.

Understanding who you are is saying, 'You're great; you have tons of confidence, and don't ever forget that.' And that helped me, man. Because when things weren't going right, I thought, 'You've got to remember who you are. Don't stray from that. Don't let these things get you down.'

I used to feel it was too late for me; I'd had my shot. You couldn't make a pop star out of me.

For me, from day one, I don't think I realized that I was considered undersized, but I knew I was good. I had certain tools in my toolbox that other guys didn't have, like agility, quickness and explosiveness.

I can be The Man. I have the skills and the tools to do it. I just have to play to my potential. I just have to be me.

I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.

I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I wasn't born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me.

seed of greatness exists in every human being. Whether it sprouts or not is our choice.

there are no such things as natural-born under- or overachievers—there are simply people that tap into their true potentials and people that don't.

There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude -- confidence in self.

When your brain receives repeated messages like those––messages that redefine how you feel about yourself and your place in this world––your brain begins to record them and keep them. They are like the words to a song that changes your life, and never leaves you.