Rashad Evans Quotes

I used to say in the cabinet room, 'confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach - you can't take the top off and swallow it down.' You know, confidence has to be earned.

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

If I can be a leader, I will.

At some point, you got to stop caring about people's expectations and care only about your expectations of yourself.

I've always been a bit shy, especially in new situations. But I have that other side in me too. Cricket demands that you grow up fast. Playing in domestic tournaments as an overseas player, you're expected to score runs and bring a lot to the group. And I expect that of myself.

I would love to see every woman feel that she knows who she is and how she wants to lead. Every part of me is passionate about having the ability to do what I never could do when I was young.

A lot of the kids gave a lot of positive feedback about if I ever became a coach, they would love to play in our program. And I was very confident that we would be able to get the top-tier players to come in.

I don't feel like I'm influenced by anybody, but I feel I'm definitely becoming more a leader.

It's in my head that I am a leader, and captaining Monchengladbach was very good for me.

My hardest lesson has been my most fruitful, too: that when people don't believe in me, I can prove them wrong.

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself. and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.

Don't date the captain of the football team; be the captain of the football team.

Be the hero of your own story.

No one achieves great things by following the crowd. Have a spine. Strike your own path.

Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.

Aaron Rodgers, starting quarterback - that just has a good ring to it.

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.

I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else. I expect that from myself.

My prayer is: I will be what I will be, I will do what I will do.

I remember as a seventeen-year-old kid saying, "If attitude made me captain of this team, I'm going to have a good attitude all my life."

Pride comes from a place of real acknowledgment that somebody's actually living their life for themselves, and I want to be that example for my son.

There are things you think you cannot do. You have no idea how strong you are until you try.

Life choices and projects and photo shoots, I can't base them on anybody else but myself. I've done things where I'm like, "Do I want my dad to see this? I don't know!" But the best lesson I can teach my sisters, or any younger women, is "Do what YOU do. Don't follow me, follow you."

All you need to do is know who you are.

You're on your own now. You are not helpless. You will find your way.