Nicole Byer Quotes

I didn't do very well at school, and I suppose I've always had this sense, you know that, of being average, so I've been a bit low on self-confidence in my ability.

I didn't have much confidence in myself... never.

I have no skills. I'm bad at most things.

I'm a dreamer, and I'm a perfectionist, and I love excellence, and that's hardwired in me. But when I was young, I lived in a space for a long time where I only felt insufficient.

I am not loved. I am not a beautiful soul. I am not a good-natured, giving person. I am not anybody's savior.

I don't think I'm successful.

I was one of five very clever kids, the other kids were cleverer than I was and still are and are very achieving. The girls were always first at everything and I was always 101st!

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.

I was neither good in sports nor at studies, but I always wanted to stand out and be noticed.

I always thought everybody else was better than me.

I don't have the feelings of self-worth that a woman should have... and that's been the center of a lot of my mistakes and a lot of my pain.

I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.

I'm not good at interviews, I'm not good at dancing, I'm not good at looking like I'm having fun. I never will be, I don't think. Unless I go to a life coach.

I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.

I grew up thinking you're either a winner in the world, or you're not. I presumed I was not. I had no reason to think I would be, and my inclination is towards self-deprecation. I wish I'd known no one was judging my every move, but I'm still like this!

I struggled with my confidence a lot.

I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else.

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

I feel this emptiness in me, like I still got something to prove and I still got so much stuff to work on in my game.

I never thought I was an achiever and was always low on confidence.

I never pictured myself being liked by anybody.

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

I believed what people said, that I don't deserve to be a leader because of the way I look. That I don't deserve to be popular, that I don't deserve to be loved. I'm not intelligent.

I never give myself enough credit.

One of the things that has inspired me so much is knowing that I felt like I could never measure up.