John Crosbie Quotes

I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.

I think I'm probably a very sad man wrapped in a very joyful package, and I think I'm very resilient, and I think I'm quite generous, sometimes to a fault. And I'm very bad with money, but I don't see that too much of a flaw.

You hope for the best, but it's really OK if you don't win. They say it's just nice to be nominated, and it really is.

I don't want success to affect me to that extent that I change or failure to that extent that I get sad, bitter and negative.

I don't put much pressure on myself, because I'm strong mentally.

I don't feed into negativity. I thankfully don't. That's just me.

If I win, it's nice. But even if I don't win, I will keep smiling.

I think the strength of the man is to have the right balance. Not to be so high when you win; not to be so down when you lose.

When you're actually boxing, unless it's a proper grudge match, it's less about beating the person up and more about being better within yourself. Being patient, timing things, like chess, so really, it's as much down to you as what the other person does - and that's life.

When I play bad, I don't get too down on myself. When I play good, I don't get too hot.

What helps me when someone puts me down or aims to offend me is to not take what they say personally. I try my best to not internalize their comments.

When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

I know how to look after myself.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

If you think that your child is going to be really sensitive to the fact that they might not win - which they probably won't - you shouldn't do it because it's not healthy if they get the feeling that they're not good enough or they're not worthy.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

I think sometimes people project things on you, but I'm trying to handle everything that's happened to me with a certain amount of grace, dignity and good manners. You just can't necessarily win all the time.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.

My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can't let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that's useful to know.