Brandon Stanton Quotes

I don't have a need to promote myself.

I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything.

My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

I have heard some people say I have a low profile. Why should somebody be high profile, anyway? I am just doing my job.

I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical.

I can’t talk about myself that way. Whatever I did before was just in line with my work. I can’t be saying I, I, I all the time.

I don't call up the press and say, 'Look at me!'

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

Self-promotion is not my strong suit, for sure. I don't look down on it; I just don't understand how to do it.

It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.

I'm not really a self-promoter-type person.

America is one of the few places where the failure to promote oneself is widely regarded as arrogance.

Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability.

To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.

If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?

I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.

At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin.

I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.