Orson Bean Quotes

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

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

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

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

Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure

I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think it helps you out.

I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams. I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed, But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh.

We're our own worst enemy. You doubt yourself more than anybody else ever will. If you can get past that, you can be successful.

My parents always told me that nothing was impossible.

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.

If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything.

I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.

I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.

When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

When things are difficult, you have to be sure of who you are and what you want to achieve.

Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.

I feel like I can do any kind of acting. It's hard to convince other people of that. I feel very confident that most any role, I would be able to do it. I don't have a lot of insecurities around acting.

I've always had this fear in me. What would life be like if I wasn't Number 1 on television? But I've learnt to overcome that fear.

Every time I take a shot at goal, it's because I believe I can score.

I just got to keep competing and keep believing.

I had great trouble believing in myself, so I didn't believe in my success - I didn't enjoy my success, which I thought was insane.

I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.