Dorian Yates Quotes

I always focus on myself in what I want, where I want to go, who I want to reach, which message I want to put out, how I want to dress.

I didn't get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn't my motivation.

I still consider myself to be introverted, but everyone has a side of themselves that is amplified. Performers have to learn to tap into that, even if it's not natural.

I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.

Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.

Just do your best. I find that if I set that goal for myself and no one else, I feel good.

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically.

What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning.

A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment and pathology.

My dad is a much more flamboyant character than I am. I think that's why I couldn't see myself going into straight acting. I always just felt daft.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

Dance has definitely made me a better role model.When I'm performing, I'm always thinking about my face and my look. I used to have a much harder time with it.

When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did judo, so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up, and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.

I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.

I was an only child, and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell.

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.

Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

Probably I'll not be so successful if I will keep everything in myself inside of me.

I try not to do anything I don't like, so I stay motivated pretty easily.

Some people are just quiet - they don't need to be talking all the time and aren't extroverted, but they're not necessarily afraid to talk. I'm not really a shy person.