Dimitar Berbatov Quotes

You can't be an athlete and doubt yourself.

Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.

Doubt can be good because it means you want to improve: you want to be a better person, a better player. But it's also good not to have too many doubts on the court.

When you're not playing, sometimes you're not full of confidence.

Being confident is a really important part of being a footballer. I know my own ability and what I can achieve.

I know how good I can be. I'm not being big-headed. I think all players have to have that confidence and self-belief.

I've always been very hard on myself, and I never want to get to a point where I'm like, 'Alright, I'm kicking butt,' but I know I need to be confident because I think that will take my game to the next level.

I'm mad enough not to ever need a sports psychologist, because I really believe in myself.

I don't feel pressure going into games.

My confidence can come back very quickly.

When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.

I have so much more to go through as a young lady. But oh my God. I feel like I can do anything.

I'm confident in my own ability. If that wasn't the case you might as well pack it in now. If you think too much, you start doubting yourself, doubting your quality, so you have to train yourself in a certain way.

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

Each day, you get an ounce more confidence. When we're playing like we are, there's no reason not to.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't.

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

I think so much depends on how you are feeling mentally and emotionally. I try to keep my head on tight, and try to feel good, and just go out there and not be afraid.

When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.