Mekhi Phifer Quotes

A lot of negative stuff has happened to me - that's why I'm tough - but I don't want people to be like, 'Oh, poor Becky,' because I'm not a victim.

I always tell my clients to be tough, to be strong. Never weaken yourself. I believe God favors only strong persons.

I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.

No-one has ever called me a cool dude. I'm somewhere between geek and normal.

If you start having to tell people you're cool, you're not.

I don't know who can really relate to being cool. Even people who you think are cool, they are trying to be cool. Nobody can understand the feeling of being cool, really.

I think I was pretty tough as a youngster.

The size of a person is more important than the size of the problem.

You don't see yourself in the same way other people see you.

I was never going to be very cute. I always looked for the best people to play with and, 'cause, to make myself look better.

I was never cool as a kid.

I'm not going to let people not think I'm good. That's not who I am.

I think that kids who grow up in an environment where they are constantly told that they're wonderful... that is going to change you.

You need to have that killer instinct. It can't be taught. Where does it come from? A couple slaps. A couple things you had denied to you.

You know, it sounds a little, it sounds bad, but… I love being touted as being aggressive.

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

I'm cocky. It's different. Cocky is playful.

You can't just be a wimp and then a year and a half or two years later decide to not be a wimp anymore. Because people will always treat you like a wimp once they have decided that's what you are. You have to be strong and tough and intelligent and smart and kind of plan out what you're going to say and know who you are. So that people will get that right away. Because then they're always going to be great to you. And they're always going to treat you with respect.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

Madame de Stael talks herself into a beauty.

It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.

If I'm a "B player," that's because the "B" stands for badass.

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.

Your reputation is that which people think you are; your character is that which you are.