Brian Tracy Quotes

The 12 years I was in Fleetwood Mac before were not particularly happy years. I was not in a very good place, psychologically, when I left. I didn't have a lot of confidence in what I was doing.

If you keep telling a youngster he is no good, he might begin to doubt himself. A pat on the back could bring the very best out of him.

I want kids to know that it is okay to make a change in order to feel better about themselves.

It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it won't make your soul pretty.

Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all.

My approach to training changed dramatically throughout my experience as one of the trainers on 'The Biggest Loser.' Getting to know each person was an important reminder that to get the body physically fit, you must first get mentally and emotionally 'fit.'

I stay off the Internet, because I'm very sensitive to commentary. There could be 10 comments of 'Fabulous job!' and one 'She's horrible!' and it completely throws me.

Words, especially when yelled in anger, can be very damaging to a child's self-confidence. The child probably already feels bad enough just from seeing the consequences of his or her behavior. Our sons and daughters don't need more guilt and self-doubt heaped upon their already wounded egos.

I am unable to give my best if I don't have my best to give.

I've always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way.

There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.

I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.

It's so sad, actually, how teachers and parents tell their kids, 'You're never gonna be anything.'

You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading.

I don't like reading good things about myself. With the criticism and the negative things, I always think that makes me better.

People often say, 'I don't need recognition,' and the truth is they are right. We don't need it. But like healthy food and exercise, life is a whole lot better with it.

All the players are human beings and need more support to bring their confidence up.

You don't need to be criticised to play well or things like that.

Constant criticism can wear one down and weaken knees.

I think I always had joie de vivre. But I had pretty bad self-esteem growing up and much of my adult life.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

I think people who come from abuse and/or people who have mental illnesses, have terrible self-esteem problems.

There are things that can harm a lot more than physically.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

I regret that I do not have the dignity of Ricardo Montalban, the class of Dean Martin, or the humor of Bill Cosby. I do have the heart of a lion.