Terry Rozier Quotes

Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, because I'm insecure, but I have an intense desire to prove myself to people.

I have had it all over the years, being told I'm not good enough. So whenever the chance comes I always try and prove I should be starting.

I play with a chip on my shoulder always, I feel like people don't always give me credit for my skills and talents and that's just the way it is. I also don't care too much, I don't feel like I'm crazy disrespected. I have a chip on my shoulder at all times.

Every year, every day, every month, I am proving myself.

I always want to think of myself as an underdog.

I still need to go through the process of proving myself.

If I'm the weak link or whatever, I guess that means I've got something to prove. I've always had something to prove.

My goal was to prove to my family I wasn't a dummy.

I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.

My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be.

I feel like I've always been doubted or slighted. Let's be honest. When you're a walk-on, you don't start for a No. 1 team, a national championship contender. You just don't. A walk-on is a guy who plays scout team, who's just happy to be on the team.

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

After every fight, I knock myself down. I start from scratch again. I say, 'I'm not as good as I thought.' It makes you work harder. It makes you push harder. It's more than money. It's more than the title. It's my pride, and it can be scary thinking about it. I could lose. It's scary.

Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that.

Underachiever. Asthmatic. Excuse-maker and fistic faker. My opponents and some other haters have called me all of those things.

I think it's the same for everyone in any walk of life - if people put you down, you want to prove a point.

I've been doubted all my life.

I've been a guy that everyone has counted out over the years as an undersized four-man. I've always been doubted.

I still carry it with me that I'm a I-AA guy and I had to go down to the minor leagues in college football and prove who I was.

To the outside world, I was pretty bad at everything my whole life. People didn't credit me for my musicianship.

When people doubt me, I want to prove them wrong.

I suffer from an enormous amount of self-doubt, so the fact that 'Pachinko' has been so kindly received has encouraged me not to give up, as I'm always telling myself that, 'Maybe this isn't a smart idea.'