Joseph Benavidez Quotes

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.

I need to hold onto my soul and my integrity, and I can't compromise that.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

I was taught growing up that you always do what you believe.

I don't sell myself. I am what I am. I'm a role model for a lot of people, for my kids. I don't want to just change because I want to make more money.

A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.

My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solidity that you need in order to be able to stand up for what you believe in and deliver what's really inside, it's just not going to be there.

I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

Character is what you are in the dark.

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values - and follow my own moral compass - then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.

Always stand 100 with yourself.

I am very thankful and blessed that I haven't had to sell my soul and be anything that I'm not.

In football, and in life, I have always tried to be completely honest and true to myself and my family at all times, and that is what I will continue to do.

Dad lived his life in a way that it was his character, not his circumstances, that dictated what his life looked like.

I know what I want and know my values, and therefore, it's easy to take hard choices when you know what the ambitions are and what values you stand for, so it's all about staying true to yourself, be yourself.

Success, for me, is staying true to who you are and not deviating off a path.

The NFL goes to great lengths to protect what it calls 'the integrity of the game.' The same should be said for us as individuals. Integrity, the truthful interaction of word and deed, not only creates leaders in the locker room who are worthy of being followed; it is also vital for success at home.

When we know deep down that we're acting with integrity despite impulses to do otherwise, we feel gates of higher energy and inspiration open inside of us.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.