B. C. Forbes Quotes

To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego.

If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet.

I know I'm good. I know I got game.

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.

Even if you haven't encountered great success yet, there is no reason you can't bluff a little and act like you have. Confidence is a magnet in the best sense of the word. It will draw people to you and make your daily life.. and theirs.. a lot more pleasant.

You have to be confident, if you're not confident you might as well go home.

I had to stop going to auditions thinking, 'Oh, I hope they like me.' I had to go in thinking I was the answer to their problem.

Sometimes the mere assumption that you have the right to go, will get you there!

I do have advice for any kid actors. Just go in there and own it like you own the job already. You just have to say, 'I'm going to get this. I'm going to get this.'

The thing about people from Chicago and the Northwest suburbs is that they're very cocky. I think that serves us well in the show business world.

I'm confident in everything I do. It can be playing checkers, and I'm confident.

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

As a football player, you must have a big ego to respect yourself. So if you are a good player, you must say that you are good. You need to have the confidence.

I'm not going to apologize for my success. How I live is no secret.

You've got to believe in yourself. ..it really is true, because that's one thing about the Beatles...Man, we believed in ourselves. We knew we were good.

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

I feel comfortable working with people who are secure in themselves and confident in what they do.

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

Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat.

Confidence is sexy. So if you're confident in who you are, that's sexier than anything.

I just assume I'm right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose.

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize.

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.

The greatest quality that a person can possess is the quality of self-belief. If you believe you can, you can. If you believe you won't, you most certainly won't.

I'm the best. I'm the best in the world.