Stonewall Jackson Quotes

Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

There were rumors in the air that all these different clubs were looking at me but I didn't know which specific clubs. No one told me anything. And then I got a message: 'Bayern Munich want to meet you.' I was like: 'Oh my god. Really?' It was both exciting and scary. I just had to prove to myself that I could compete at this level.

I want to secure my name. I'll fight who I have to fight for the belt.

I need to be competing. Coaching is good, but I like to be in the fire.

I'm just going to go out and prove that I'm the best guy.

I proved myself in Barcelona, and after I proved myself in Germany, I wanted to prove myself in England.

The Premier League is different to other leagues where I have played, and everybody knows it is very tough, but I will do my best to beat my own personal records - I'm very motivated.

I've made history, I've just beaten one man, who's to say I can't beat more?

Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war. The objective is to win the Premiershp. I don't want to dominate, to finish without defeat, record points or goals or consecutive wins. The Premiership is so difficult you cannot be focused on that. I just think about winning.

I accept any challenge, so challenge me

The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.

I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.

Consistency is a huge thing at the top. It's hard to get to a good level, but once you get to a certain level, there's people who want your place.

Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines that the attention of the world will be attracted; some quality, good or bad, which discriminates him from the common herd of mortals, and by which others may be persuaded to love, or compelled to fear him.

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity.

Always to be best, and distinguished above the rest.

Records and achievements are made to be broken.

Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.

If you want to be the person you ought to be, you've got to welcome competition.

My father didn't want to go to Manhattan for me, and I came to Manhattan and I have done a great job in Manhattan. And then I wrote a best-seller and I wrote numerous best-sellers.

When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others

Maccarinelli thinks he can use me to make a name for himself, but that is not going to happen. He has made his fame by fighting nobodies. I've fought all the way to the top against top contenders.

I love trying to beat what I've done so far.

I don't want to be just a face. I want to go out there and prove something on the field.

The higher the stakes, the happier I am, the better I will be.