Quotes About Modesty

How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs, notes, testimonials, or at any rate, books that are open, without a preconceived plan.

If something is too risque, don't watch it.

I'm not much to watch. I run, I fight, I'm not elegant like Raul, Figo, Zidane or Beckham.

I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'.

I'm kind of shy, to be honest. If I go to the pool or something, I keep my shirt on unless I'm getting in the water.

Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag.

I don't advertise what I do to my kids. I don't go around waving a flag. I'm sure they are proud, in a certain way. I'm not like 'hey kids - check this out.' No matter what they do, your dad is still your dad. Nothing is going to help you out in that regard. Dad is just not cool.

I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind.

I don't like to talk about myself. I don't want to talk about what I do, what I think I do. The position I play on the pitch, I am expected - and I expect - to create chances for my team-mates and score goals.

I think I have the right balance of believing in my own ability and having that confidence on the pitch: people watching you thinking, 'He knows he's a good player,' but without taking it to that level where it's, 'He's an arrogant so-and-so.'

I don't look at myself as one of the best pitchers in the world.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.

I would describe myself as a very plain but very honest person.

I ain't flash. I'm just plain old Shaun, the same as I was when I grew up in South London.

I've been offered private planes, and I'm like, 'No!'

I like the cute, girl-next-door look but I can play around with being classy.

I am not better than anyone else just because I play football.

I'm just a dumb guitar player, man.

I'm not a good guitar player.

So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.

I'm not a great piano player.

I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me.

No, I don't think I'm especially one of the best players in the league.