Dennis Miller Quotes

'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.

World records aren't broken in practice, and competitive environments and adversity are the birthplace of champions.

I remember people saying to us, "You're too nice. Hollywood is going to eat you up and spit you out." I never listened to them.

If they [peple] really hate you, that means you're doing something right.

The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.

As you become a legend in the game, you build more doubters than you build supporters. And that's fine. I think that comes with anything that's challenging. I think it even comes with sports. The older that Michael Jordan got, I think the more doubted he became.

It's often the case that successful people invite criticism.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

The critics love to get out their knives and dine on Coverdale. But the worse the criticism gets, the more successful I become.

I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.

Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways.

You win a few, you lose a few.

Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.

Competition is not going to kill us.

Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

I've been through so much damn adversity, I've had so much critiqued on me. From being the undefeated world champion to never really getting the love or the respect I feel I deserved when I was on top and then finally getting knocked down and then everybody jumping on top, trying to kick me while I was down.

Rankings, for most players, are like adversity because we all want to be the best. So you've just got to approach it like you would a tough situation on the court. You just have to respond.

I hit adversity when I was at the top of the world. Most people hit adversity when they're just at the beginning, when they're just getting started. I hit it when everybody was watching, and everybody had comments and everybody was doubting me. It was a tough situation to be in.

I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.

Winning is the easiest thing that I ever did in the NBA, but being able to come to the realization of what it means to compete in this league no matter what - win, lose or draw - was the most difficult thing.

I wasn't thinking that I was going to go through my career undefeated. You expect to lose sometimes.

The day you decide to pursue your dreams, don't forget that this is a game you don't enter to compete, but to win. And there will always be someone booing you in the stands, and everything you accomplish could be jeered and hissed at. This is a game between two that you have to win for the people who came to watch you be triumphant.

If you play football and fans are booing or saying negative stuff, it makes me play better.

If you are being criticised, and you are unsuccessful, then that can be a low for you. But if you are doing good and still being slammed, then it is good.