Sonia Gandhi Quotes

I don't shout from the rooftops or blow my own trumpet. But I take a lot of satisfaction from the players and staff at clubs who recognise what I've done.

I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.

I've had to whine for everything I've ever really wanted.

I think that I have never had the confidence to really aggressively get behind myself, and so what I do tends to be - I don't want to say 'sheepish,' but there is a sheepish quality to my ability to toot my own horn. I'm very Midwestern in that way. So I just do what I like to do, and what I think I do well is not very loud, necessarily.

I never really try to over-promote myself; I never have.

It's not me to toot my horn. The minute you toot your horn, it seems like society will try and disconnect your battery. And if you do not toot your horn, they'll try their darnedest to give you a horn to toot, or say that you should have a horn.

I found when talking with many other women that they sometimes are more reluctant to toot their own horn, to talk about their success. They have to be more confident in doing that. That is not always the case, but there is that element that women don't put forth who they are.

I've never been good at selling myself.

I assumed that, if I put my head down and did great work, what I deserved would come to me. What you deserve will not come to you. It is only in advocating for yourself that you will receive what you deserve.

I'm as self-promoting as the next guy.

I love watching England and what they are doing. But I can promise you I've not thought about anything that high.

I don't think it's my personality to be going around telling people what I'm doing.

Good work is not done by 'humble' men

To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big.

To tell you the truth, I never thought of myself as much of a success.

One gets on better in life if one is not over modest.

It's important to stand up for your work - otherwise somebody else will step in and say they did it.

We need to get women to the point where they aren't apologizing. Its time to take ownership in our success.

If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be appreciated, shut up.

In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

People are brought up to think, "It's nice to be modest. It's nice to hide your light under a bushel." Well, bullshit! I've never bought that. In my business, the only thing you've really got is your talent; it's the only thing you have to sell.

I don't really consider myself one of those superstars. I just consider myself a guy that was lucky enough to win the athletic lottery many times over.

If you don't toot your own horn, someone else will use it as a spittoon.