Quotes About Self-doubt

You do doubt yourself and question yourself. You go from massive highs and confidence boosters - when I was in New York I was buzzing around the place - to really doubting yourself and questioning everything about your personality.

When I got into the league, guys didn't expect me to be as quick and fast as I was. I think it was myself holding myself back.

People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'

I assumed no one would ever listen to my music, and for quite a lot of years, I was right.

Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.

After all those years in the business, I asked myself, 'Am I really any good? Or am I only good because I'm with good people - a Murray Pearlstein, a Ralph Lauren?

In ballet class, I felt like Ralph Wiggum.

It is hard to stand out there on the range and beat balls when you are thinking: 'God, I don't really know what I am doing.'

I never thought of myself as like, a funny person.

I became a genius on 'Ed,' though I'm not sure it was very convincing.

I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, 'I could never do that.'

I always get nervous before a gig, so I look over my writing, trying not to fantasise about all the things that could go horribly wrong.

I just didn't look at myself with a lot of confidence. I didn't think, 'Man I'm a great driver. Boy, just give me a shot.'

I feel very ill-equipped to be giving anyone advice about their life.

Glamorized... am I glamorous?

You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.

I didn't want to go for the 'X Factor' because I just thought people were going to laugh and take me off the stage. You just got to go for it because what's the worst that can happen?

Part of what you hear when somebody says something awful to you is like, 'They're right, I look ridiculous, why am I dressed this way, I should go home and change.' For me that voice is always in my head, right around the corner.

I definitely haven't shown the world my best golf. I haven't even shown the world great golf, or consistent, great golf.

I'm not a very good actor.

I don't consider myself a good actor.

I'm - you know, I'm not a good actor.

I'm not a good actor.

I knew I could never become a good actor.