Rick Smolan Quotes

I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.

I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good.

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

I'm wildly unskilled at what I do. Part of me thinks: 'Why do I think I can pull this off?' but the part of me that has to pay the mortgage thinks: 'Just get on with it!' I'll just keep going until someone discovers I'm no good.

See, I'm not a very good musician.

I don't even know why I'm saying this in an interview situation, but I always feel like I'm not good enough for some reason. I wish that wasn't the case, but left to my own devices, that voice starts speaking up.

My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.'

I still think I'm not as good as anybody else.

I was a very, very slow learner. I was good at nothing.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.

I wish I could just accept that I'm not that good and not be shy about the fact that I'm not that professional.

I don't think I will be able act; I am not talented in that area.

I'm always super scared of feeling like a fake.

I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't do much else to be honest.

I can't jump the highest. I'm obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.

I'll be honest: I'm not really the best at dancing.

I'm not good at anything! I can do, like, two voices.

Impostor syndrome, or feeling like a fraud at work, at home, or anywhere else in your life, will probably affect you at some point.

I kind of tried my hand at sports and school, and I wasn't very apt at either one of those things.

I understand that feeling of insecurity, like you're not good enough as you are, and you need to change.

When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it.

I'm not qualified to be a high-profile person.

I was like, 'I'm an academic!' I'm not at all. It turns out I'm not great at that.

I'm not very strong.

Everybody can relate to that feeling that, 'I'm having one of those days where I'm not doing anything right.'