Quotes About Validation

No one behind you gets the appreciation they deserve.

I think any fight you get into, you've got to shine and show that you deserve to be up there.

Literature taught me that I wasn't alone, that I could become a writer if I worked at it, that my story mattered. Whether a young reader becomes a writer or not, they deserve to know that their story, whatever it may be, is important.

Do I think I'll ever get the respect I deserve? No.

Sometimes you get more credit than you deserve.

I don't want that title to come to my hands and be like, 'nah, I don't feel like it was deserved or it wasn't earned or whatever' - not saying that any of my accolades weren't, but I want it to be special. I want it to be super special and just super dope, and even if it's not special to everybody else, at least it is to me.

Westlife never got the credit they deserved.

People don't give Yachty the credit that he deserves.

Every artist needs the appreciation he deserves.

There are always going to be questions asked when there is competition. As long as you can answer those questions, then you are deserving of a place.

I'm told by designers I have a sexy body and I accept that but I never actually feel sexy.

As a small kid, I had this huge desire to be thought of as really clever.

People always are desperate to have others acknowledge that they are different.

If you're desperate enough for attention, any attention will make you feel better.

I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.

I do want to sell as many records and win as many awards as I can. The awards though, they don't necessarily determine if you're good or not. I know that now.

What do you call success in our sport? What determines success? Are you successful if you are 10-0 and no one is watching your fights? Is that success?

I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.

If you live for the compliments, you'll die by the criticism.

I don't mind Twitter. But when a kid makes a decision based on how many Twitter followers he gets, that's when I'm about ready to tap out.

The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.

It's always a good situation to have the target be on you because that means you have been playing well.

If I am just, like, on a run by myself, I've never been stopped. Even if I'm at Target buying my own action figure, people would not believe that it's me. I actually was like, 'This is me!'

Nowhere in the job description of an artist is the requirement that I must validate your taste.