Karl Pilkington Quotes

Fear of failure has always been my best motivator.

Any degree of success or achievement for me is only ever a relief. My version of getting carried away is: 'Mmm, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.'

Most of us are afraid of our success, that we will actually be great.

Anybody who's really successful has doubts.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

I don't think I'm successful.

I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it.

Two years ago, if anyone had told me I'd be doing half the stuff I'm doing, I wouldn't have believed it.

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

You make progress; then you get courage to make more.

I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.

I think if I'd quit years ago, I'd never have known what I was capable of doing.

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.

You have people that know they have the talent, but sometimes they get scared when success is in their face.

I don't know if people consider me a deep threat, but maybe I'll get there one day.

When you take on new roles that you don't feel comfortable with, that require you having skills you don't have, it's terrifying.

The work I like to do is the work I'm most afraid of.

For the first part of my career, I did what I was told, and I wasn't getting anywhere. I'd get in such a state when I was asked to do something, and it didn't feel right, and I'd end up feeling that I wasn't very good.

Everybody has had that experience of really wanting to do something and being afraid.

I'd love to say that I'm this brave person doing this big adventure and that it's easy. The truth is, the night before I left, I called my mom, crying and nervous, thinking, 'What am I getting into? Can I really ride my bike across the country?'

I am so blessed to do what I love to do, but becoming a solo artist terrified me!

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 am always scared when I start something new. That hasn't changed.

The greatest opportunities in life come with fear and risk.