Dan Millman Quotes

I never fear my opponent, for me he only represents a new challenge to conquer.

When you're not playing, sometimes you're not full of confidence.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Doubt is one of the main paths on the highway to failure.

If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents.

For the few little successes I may seem to have, there are acres of misgivings and self-doubt.

As a younger player, you always kind of play with that fear of failure.

I lost my confidence.

Self-doubt kills talent.

I don't know which is stronger: the thrill of winning or the fear of failure. I don't know which one affects me most. I don't know where the middle is.

Every job I take, within minutes I'm thinking, 'I can't do this.' I think it's what makes me work. People think I just swagger in and do it. But I doubt myself all the time. It's what pushes me, what makes me work harder. The older I get, the less I take for granted.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

I was young and playing against big players and big clubs. In the beginning, I was thinking they were better than me, and maybe I was a bit scared, also.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Every book takes you to the terror, that terrible place of possible failure.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

Respect every opponent, but fear none.

Every time I bomb out, I have to come back. I have a feeling after a bad race that my next one will be good.

Negative energy that comes at you in some form is energy that can be turned around - to defeat an opponent and lift you up.

I've always had that going on: "I can't," and then I do, so the voice says, "Well, that was an exception!" It's a tug-of-war between two voices: the one who knows she can and the one who's scared she can't.

Like riding a bike for the first time, sometimes you just have to go for it. If you keep looking forwards and maintain your momentum, it will probably go well. But if you start to doubt yourself and look back, you are more likely to suffer a major wobble followed by a crash.

Have faith in your skills, negative thoughts kill. Self-doubt will kill your dreams before others do. Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

By some fluke, my folks forgot to ask me the question most crucial to ensuring a lifetime of self-doubt: 'What if you fail?

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit you with a shovel.' Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite.

Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest enemies of human potential.