Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.

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.

You definitely need self-belief and confidence, but there is a very fine line between that and arrogance. I would like to think I sit on the other side of that.

I think I have the right balance of believing in my own ability and having that confidence on the pitch: people watching you thinking, 'He knows he's a good player,' but without taking it to that level where it's, 'He's an arrogant so-and-so.'

I never get nervous and I'm always very confident to the point where some people think I'm cocky.

It's good to have a healthy ego because that pushes you to succeed. But when you cross a line, and your views are not balanced, that's when you get into trouble.

I've convinced myself I'm something special. When you do that, man, you're dangerous, especially when you have the athleticism and work ethic to back it up.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.

When you have success, people think you know what you're doing, and you start to agree with them, you think you can conquer the world. But you go from grandiosity to panic.

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

I still think I am the greatest.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

A bit of arrogance is nice every now and then.

If you go out there with doubts or unsure what's going to happen, it's not going to go your way.

You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.

You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.

Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.

I thought highly of myself growing up. I still do. There's not really much somebody can say to me to bring down my confidence or anything.

Not to be egotistical, but I don't think there is a man on this planet who can beat me

You've got to be pretty confident that you're good. If I do a show and for whatever reason no one laughs, I'll be like, 'Wow, those people are weird'.

Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.

On a quick side note, I would argue that--much like Samuel L. Jackson--I am not arrogant at all; I'm just actually really, really great.

Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.

Confidence is essential, but ego is not.