Kanye West Quotes

There's probably a lot of people wondering if I can play.

I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.

I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.

If you don't perform, and you're part of the team, whether you're playing your first Test or 50th Test match, criticism goes hand in hand, so that's something you can't really get away from. If you don't perform, you will be criticised.

In the late '80s and early '90s, I took success for granted, winning four or five tournaments a year. I just expected to win them.

I'm a football player, you know? My film talks for me.

I think I'm the best wide receiver in the NFL.

Honestly, I just kind of play ball. I guess I'm pretty good in the state of Florida.

I'm probably the only guy in hockey who can win a scoring title and everybody is saying I had a bad year. I don't worry about it.

I think, without a doubt, I'd outshine The Rock because he can't do quite what I do, but he is good at the guitar, and he's got some chops to him, so I don't think you need to think about it too much.

I remember my first review in London said I was the next Peter Brook. I said: 'No way. I'm not Peter Brook. I don't have the maturity, the experience, the intelligence. Don't burden me.'

I don't have to build up strength; I have been blessed with it. I do lift weights and train hard, but I am a very special individual - a very special man with very special talent and very special power. I can get any man - any man - out of there in a matter of seconds. That is the thing I love about myself.

I think people should recognise that I'm one of the best defenders in the world and not just talk nonsense, I will say.

With each award we get, we become a little bit more overrated. That's what it feels like.

Manchester City didn't pay all that money for me because they saw me once on YouTube. They saw me scoring good goals. And I haven't forgotten how to score goals.

I feel like the Knicks drafted me because they knew what I could do.

I don't think I'm as good as people say.

College football and particularly the quarterback position is a performance-based deal.

I think there are still better players than me.

In Arlington, people would laugh at you if you tried to get people to look at your drawings or listen to your poetry. It was like you thought you were special.

I always knew and my parents always knew I was destined for greatness. I didn't know what sport it was going to be in. I played football, baseball and wrestling.

I can legitimately say without being arrogant that there's probably a stretch where I was one of the better teachers of improv in the country.

You can't go around saying you're the best, all the time, 'cause it puts a target on your back.

I've always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, "You're the only person who can play this part."