Andre Agassi Quotes

But I'm not ready to stop listening to the screwed-up inner voice that's been ordering me around for a lifetime. My head thinks it can kill me... and go on living without me.

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.

I don't get along much with myself.

It doesn't matter how many people say 'well, everyone makes mistakes Ricky, you've had a great career you should be proud of yourself' but that doesn't mean much compared to what goes on between my ears.

I get in my own head, and at the end of the day, I'm my biggest critic, and I'm my worst enemy, too.

My biggest enemy is typically me.

…I hate myself for not being able to go downstairs naturally and seek comfort in numbers. I hate myself for having to sit here and be torn between I know not what within me.

It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.

Shut off the internal bashing.

Lately I feel the haters eatin' away at my confidence. They scream out my failures and whisper my accomplishments.

You can't imagine how hard I am on myself. Nothing pummels me like my own doubts, the feeling of how far I still have to go.

I was into the music scene, but I was also a bit of a perfectionist and very hard on myself... very dark in that way.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time.

In all kinds of ways, I used to be really, really hard on myself.

I wake up, and I'll just start reading and trying to brace myself for the rest of the day, and all the while I'm doing that, I'm kicking myself mentally.

I can't imagine that anybody is as screwed up as I am.

Honestly, I'm so sick of myself.

I couldn't have come up with a better metaphor for my life and my internal conflict. It amazes me how quickly we can manifest our fears; not only had I created my 'I'm never satisfied, I'll drive her away' nightmare.

My feelings about myself have been terrible.

Sometimes I only succeed in beating myself to death.

I'm a light sleeper. I've never been one of those people who can put their head down and suddenly everything disappears. Nighttime is the time I get most scared, anxious or worried. In those darker moments before waking or sleeping is when I feel most, I don't know, I can turn on myself, and my imagination can take me dark places.

When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy.

All the little things you nitpick in your head, nobody really cares that much outside your head.