Quotes About Comparison

Snoop ain't never cosigned me, but I know everybody is like, 'That's the next Snoop.' Nah, I'm Nipsey, and I got to work to define myself.

What defines 'success' - answering that question - is so important when you're growing up as an athlete. Success for one kid is different than for another kid.

Having a pulmonary embolism is definitely easier than heart break.

If Chief Keef can run around and say he's 300, I'm definitely 1400.

Laila Ali is not my definition of the best.

I didn't know about competition until I got to school. I didn't know how degrading it was to be graded until I got to school.

I think everyone is always measuring themselves against other people to a certain degree; it happens automatically, and it's hard not to be this way at least some of the time.

I always tell kids that I have four brothers. The thing that I have against them is that I'm in the NBA, but they all have degrees and I don't. That's something that challenges me in a way.

I'm not a machine. I don't see why people demand more of me than of other players.

I think you could turn on any channel and see a sexy guy, depending on your barometer of what sexy is.

I can't even begin to describe what kind of a response 'Humsafar' got. Personally, I feel my other show, 'Zindagi Gulzar Hai,' was better, but it didn't match the success of 'Humsafar.'

I am sick of people sitting there saying, 'Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz.' He doesn't deserve to be in the ring with me. He's not at the level that I am.

There's always somebody older, richer, more desperate than you.

It's probably indicative that I was destined for an academic career that I'm 6-5 and I lost the slam-dunk championship to somebody 5-8. I was a lot better at math.

The learning from my entire career is: never compare yourself to anyone because it'll destroy you.

By 2012, my game was shot. You're sitting on your chair watching players' leagues below you play shots you can't. That destroyed me.

Iraq is just like New York. It's just like Detroit. It's where people live and raise their families.

I don't devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.

In the United States, securities markets are much more developed than they are in Europe.

You can't really do comedy if you're working with Ryan Reynolds, eh? He outplays everyone in that field, so I couldn't really 'dial it down,' because he was just so much better than me at comedy.

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

But while Taya is so good, she is still no diamond. She is still no Tessa Blanchard. I am one of the best in the world!

I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.

There's only going be one Richard Pryor. You know how many came out after Richard Pryor and died trying to be compared to him? Or Bernie Mac? You got to be like you.