Shawn Crahan Quotes

When I was 16, coming up through now at 24, it was so much I thought I had to change about myself. Especially after I won the Olympics.

I don't think I have achieved anything that I can really be proud of.

Self-esteem is something I still battle. People look at me and say, 'You've got fame. You've got admiration. You've done this; you've done that.' As far as I'm concerned, I haven't done anything. I've just fulfilled a dream of competing.

It feels like my hard work has paid off, but at the same time, I still have the impostor, you know, syndrome. I still feel like I'm going to wake up, and everybody's going to see me for the hack I am.

If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.

When I was 12, all I wanted was to be good at school, and to do something admirable, something you can't take away from me because I'm not popular or beautiful enough.

I look around at people who had success so early and then didn't know what to do with themselves.

Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life.

I'm always pleased with my work. Absolutely.

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.

When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.

I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.

I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet.

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.

I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.

I will never feel successful.

I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning. Who ever thought I'd be a children's author - let alone a best-selling children's author?

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.

I just want to say what a tremendous honor it is to be on a show like 'The Newsroom.' I've always dreamed of being on something this important and being on a show that really resonates with a lot of very, very intelligent people in the world, and I've gained such a loyal fan base.

I still enjoy my life, and I feel like I've achieved enough things that if I never did anything again, I'd feel confident that I'd still have made my mark in some way. But maybe the self-loathing bit is the element that makes you strive for more. Makes you strive to be better.

Whenever I was on the podium, it felt weird. I was obviously happy to have done well, but it wasn't truly happy from the bottom of my heart.

I don't walk around feeling like I'm successful. I feel like I did well.

You know, you want to win and you want a ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really wear it.

I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.