Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Quotes

Obviously, you have to find the confidence within yourself to pursue your ideas, but there's nothing wrong with having people around you who are going to say, 'I think that's a great idea,' or, 'I think you're doing the right thing.'

I was disappointed in everything - my start and the team's start. People got down on me, but I never got down on myself. I still believed I could be the type of player everyone, including me, thought I was going to be.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

I know I've got to learn to believe in myself.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn't want to let them down.

I've gone through all of it: I've literally heard every single name in the book be told to me. So don't be discouraged by anyone as long as you're confident in yourself, and just keep doing what you're doing.

I realized that everybody is a critic. They're going to say they hate you, they love you, they this, they that, but at the end of the day, no matter what, I have to be confident in myself as a man and an artist.

Just because you miss shots, you can't doubt yourself. It's easier said than done.

Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills

Humble enough to prepare, confident enough to perform.

I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward.

It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow.

The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

I think it's really finding that belief in yourself, where you just have it no matter what's going on, no matter what anyone else says. I think that's the challenge, is to really have that belief in yourself.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live.

You are stronger than you think.

You have to have confidence in where you're going. Don't live and die by the fans' tweets.

'Attaboys' help people. I am huge on attaboy. Confidence is the great ingredient to living and art, with fidelity to self. It's so important to surround yourself with people who give you confidence.