Tony Dorsett Quotes

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

Life can be either of two things: What it makes of you or what you make of it.

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

Your circumstances do not determine what your life will be; they reveal what kinds of images you have chosen up until now.

I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other people. And that is, to take responsibility for your own life. Only you are responsible for the course you take from there.

As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

I think the main thing for kids is to have them believe in themselves.

I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong.

You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want.

I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

I do not regret anything I do.

I will always back myself to achieve what I can achieve. It is all down to me.

Nobody is going to love and honor your dreams like yourself. It's really not looking for someone to be your superhero but for us to save ourselves and to really understand that. I've been at the lowest of lowest of my life, and it took that for me to realize that I want to do better and to be better.

I would say to you, have faith in yourself - believe in what you are doing, and, most important, be a person of integrity. It is totally up to you, and no one else, how your life evolves.

I wanted to prove to myself I can do something on my own. Not for the world, but for myself. To have that self-confidence.

You are the person who has to decide. Whether you'll do it or toss it aside; You are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you'll lead or will linger behind. Whether you'll try for the goal that's afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are.

Positive mental attitude is determined by you. Not others.

There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem.

It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it.

Your life is important. Fight for it. Honour your highest potentials.

You are the single biggest influence in your life.