I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.

I never feel proud of anything I do really.

I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection.

My goal is to be the best TV presenter, the best entertainer, the best singer. I still want to be the best dancer. I want to be the best at everything I do.

When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.

I would have benefited a lot from proper training. I could have done with a strong wake-up call about getting jobs.

If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!

There's pressure to come up with something genius every time. I feel like I keep letting myself down with my Twitter posts. I have to start keeping a journal of rough drafts of prophetic ideas about...

You never let what someone says bring you down. If you do that, you'd be a chump in this world.

Just play football. If you are a writer, you must write. It's the best way to practice. If I'm a pianist, I don't need to run in the forest for one hour or two hours to be a good pianist. I must play...

If your form dips as a back-row forward, it is best to address the areas you know you're going to be heavily involved in.

That's all I can be is fearless.

I'm always attracted to people who interest me. They've got to be people who are really true to themselves somehow, and who are always trying to do something that makes their life more interesting, or...

I have the biggest sweet tooth. After the holidays, I gotta start working out.

I'm working relentlessly at becoming a better fighter than I was yesterday. I think I've really shown that I'm a more evolved fighter these days than I've ever been.

Everybody has something they love to do. Do that thing.

At the end of the day, all I can do is control me and what comes out of my mouth.

I've probably given myself enough time to prepare for this meet and we're all different athletes so I can't take their results as what's going to be inevitable for me.

I love the game, working out, studying, every facet of it.

There are times when you feel like you give a great effort, you have prepared properly, and you got less than what you wanted. So on the one hand, you should feel really good about that and just let...

I don't like to dabble in anything I don't do well. I don't talk politics.

My best ability was in just being ready when I was called upon. Then, I would be fit, and my legs would be light. If you sulk and are on the bench, and the gaffer calls you on, you are not ready...

I would study the best, the most flashy, the guys that had that flair, the guys that had that wow. I'd study those fighters, and I made up my mind that I'd be all of those at once.

Everyone has changed, haven't they? Everyone tries to get better; everyone tries to grow.

For me, it's always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the...

In life, an abundance of confidence gives us higher motivation, persistence, and optimism and can allow us to accomplish things we otherwise might not have undertaken.

At its root, 'quit' means 'to set free' - think of an acquittal in a court of law - and to quit is often to be liberated.

Don't do anything for fear, because fear will never do anything for you.

You can't just say, 'This team's going to win,' or 'This team's going to lose.' Anything can happen. So what you can control is winning your game as much as possible. If you don't do that, and then...

I've always made my opportunities, I've never been one to wait for them and sit around waiting for something to happen. I've always sought them out.