Mark Viduka Quotes

I do not want to be the center of attention. I think it's just the way I was raised; the way my parents were.

I'm a shy human being.

I became very timid, very retreating. I wouldn't talk to anybody. I didn't look you in the eye. I just had that kind of personality as a kid that basically puts a target on you.

My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.

I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.'

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy.

My dad brought me up to be a good person.

I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

I'm afraid of people, in a way.

I think what people might not really know about me is that I'm really a shy individual.

I think I scare people. I really have to watch myself.

I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.

Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad, how could this be true? You're not even the most feared person in this house.'

I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was brought up.

I don't even date; I'm terrible with women.

I was quite a shy child - not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.

I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.

I like to just be humble. The more interviews, the more embarrassed I kind of get.

I was raised to always be humble.

I'm trying to stay humble for my mom.

My parents have ensured that we never develop starry airs.

I'm a very humble guy.