Adebayo Akinfenwa Quotes

You don't want to vilify your ego.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

I don't see myself as the perfect person at all.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.

I know I'm not perfect.

When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: 'I know who I am, and I know who I'm not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.' You start to face yourself as you truly are.

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

You can't deny your limitations.

I think life is about growing into yourself and getting to like that person.

Sometimes, success in life is knowing one's limitations.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

I'm getting older and I'm just coming to terms that I'm stuck with me so I better try to like myself.

I'm a confident person in knowing my abilities, but also know, I'm kind of a realist, I know when I suck.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard as it is in your work, it's harder in your life. But it can be done.

I may not be perfect, but I'm trying.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

I came to realize in my late 20s that my velocity is not going to grow so I had to learn to utilize what I had.

I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore.

Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

I once had a dream and this one familiar god, who was probably one of my master teachers, said, 'You should not worry about being on the charts. That's not important.'

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.