Lawrence Taylor Quotes

As a football player, you must have a big ego to respect yourself. So if you are a good player, you must say that you are good. You need to have the confidence.

I am Maradona, who makes goals, who makes mistakes. I can take it all, I have shoulders big enough to fight with everybody.

I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

Whether football's here or not, I will be fine. I go out, I play to win.

I feel like I'm the Kanye of the NFL.

I have always seen myself as a Real Madrid goalkeeper and have never doubted my ability.

My performances speak for themselves.

Others will absolutely be able to break 2:00, too, as long as they believe in themselves.

Failure never goes to my heart, and success never goes to my head.

I have always believed in myself. As a footballer, it is essential to have that belief.

I'm just going to go out and prove that I'm the best guy.

Being positive and believing in yourself is important, not only in football but also in improving as a person.

Nobody was ever going to tell me that I didn't belong on a football field. And nobody was ever going to tell me that I couldn't be great.

I just wanna show people I'm a hooper.

When I was at Watford I was very greedy. I just wanted to show off my skills.

My strength was probably more the mental side of the game rather than the skill side. I always had that self-belief that I was good enough. You have got to believe you are good enough, otherwise there is no point to it.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

You lose the arrogance you need to be successful, but you need that arrogance because the second someone sees that side of you and chip at it, it's over.

If you don't think you can do it, who will? You control the most important tool in success, your mind.

Today I am the greatest of all time.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

There was huge pressure, especially before the big games. Not many people believed in us, but we believed in ourselves. We wanted to do something good and we did.

I feel I have grown up. I am a man. It's important in my football too. When everything is good, I don't think you grow up fantastically, I think maybe you need a few problems to grow up. It is good if people in England have started to admire me. I think I have changed a little since the World Cup. I am stronger with my mentality and with my game as well.

It never hurts to toot your own horn once in a while.