Ryan Leaf Quotes

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?

I have no issues with my identity.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

I feel like when people judge me they're not judging me, because they don't know who I am.

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

I've always been very conscious of who I am.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

I've got my feet firmly on the ground, I can't see life changing too much. I reckon more girls will talk to me at college and more people will look at me, but they know me for who I am.

I don't know if I was a desirable person, not just physically but emotionally and mentally and intellectually. I still have a long way go and a lot to learn, but I'm on my way, I don't think I'm terribly attractive, but I'm comfortable with my looks.

I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.

We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves.

I have never looked at myself as a star.

Maybe some people look at me and just see a footballer, or a black footballer. But I am much more than this. I tell my best friends all the time, 'If you look at me as a footballer, and not as Little Kouli, and not as your friend, then I have failed in life.'

Body image has a lot to do with where you're coming from personally.

I made mistakes, I know, but I'm not the ugly duckling that some people seem to think.

It's just being me, man... If you get caught up in people saying you're good and people saying this or that, good or bad, it can kind of wear on you. Or it'll make you feel like you're better than what you are.