Dominick Cruz Quotes

My success is not who I am.

So many people define themselves by what they've accomplished or not accomplished.

If I'm not a successful human being, who I am?

I would say that one of the hardest things for an athlete, and really anybody of any profession, is that we create our identity in what we do.

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether you have a sex change operation for that matter, that it doesn't matter, that there is some part of ourselves that we cannot escape.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

I wanted to be a world champion.

I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I'm also pretty confident about who I am and what I'm doing and it might be because I'm still at the top too.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

We are what we believe we are.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

I think we all see ourselves as the heroes in our own lives.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

I'm determined not to lose my name. It's who I am. It has neither aided my progress nor hampered it. It's just who I am.

I want to be more than just some guy who played in a World Cup final.

I believed in what I was. I didn't believe that would translate into any of the five championships. But I knew that I could affect the game.

Without theater, I don't think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything.

I view myself as more than a running back.

I define myself.

I could be a world champion.