Michael Chang Quotes

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.

I never listened to people who said I wasn't going to make it.

The world will provide you with every imaginable obstacle, but the one most difficult to overcome will be the lack of faith in yourself. Leave it to others to have doubts about you.

I know it sounds cliche, but you have to believe in yourself because there's going to be moments that no one else does.

We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.

If we listen to our hearts, believe in ourselves, and pull together, nothing can stand in our way.

Work hard and believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

Effort + the courage to show up = enough.

It's kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that's the way to success.

Just never give up. Try to believe in yourself and don't let negativity wear you down.

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

You have to continue to believe in yourself, know your value and continue to work on honing your skills. I was rejected by everyone but here I sit. So you have to stay in the game, you can't just fall apart. Hopefully those challenges will make you stronger, it did for me.

If the thing you wish to do is right, and YOU BELIEVE IN IT, go ahead and do it! Put your dreams across, and never mind what 'they' say if you meet with temporary defeat, for 'they' perhaps, do not know that every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

Success comes from believing in you when no one believes in you.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.

You gotta pick yourself up. Sometimes you just gotta do it over and over, but you gotta do it. You can't give up. I wouldn't give up. I didn't give up - or doubt myself - in becoming a successful musician with a successful band.

My job, my whole life, I've always had that kind of doubter, people have always doubted me. And I don't know how I would succeed without it. So I welcome it, and it gives me a challenge, and I will see if I can live up to my challenge.

I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are.

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.