Ryan Leaf Quotes

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

I was unbeatable - until I wasn't.

It's wonderful to win, but don't get cocky about it!

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've tried.

Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.

When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

If I was to direct a movie about a super-confident guy, first of all I would hate that character. I can do a super-confident guy who crashes and burns and has to rebuild himself as somebody humble. But a super-confident guy that just gets more confident and gets the girl and the money and more success? That's not interesting.

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

When you have success, people think you know what you're doing, and you start to agree with them, you think you can conquer the world. But you go from grandiosity to panic.

I know I had been successful in football. I had been successful in broadcasting. I didn't think that anything could touch me. I thought, I can beat anything.

Any time you think you have the game conquered, the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose.

When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

Nothing recedes like success.

Success can set the table for tragedy if the victors are not careful.

If you keep winning, you don't know the areas you've to work hard.