Tony McCoy Quotes

Am I completely indifferent to criticism? No, not at all. But I know who I am and I have learned to respect and care for who I am.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

I'm very self-critical.

I don't dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don't know, people's perceptions of me. I truly don't.

I don't judge myself by what someone says.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

I think that I'm shy and I judge myself. But at the same time, I also have big contradictions. I can be sometimes sure of myself as well. I'm not always fragile and vulnerable. I can feel tough and strong.

Every so often, I'll look at myself in the mirror and go, 'You're a bad mother,' you know? Like, 'You're a bad dude, man, and you're gonna show the world who you are when the time is right.'

I know what I think of myself and the standard I hold myself to.

I realized that I really couldn't worry about what people think of me.

If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.

Negative opinions about me don't faze me unless I respect the person giving the opinion, which is rare. And if it's someone I respect, I usually take heed of what they're saying. But if I don't respect them, which I usually don't, what's the point?

Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally.

I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think.

I don't like to talk much, even when people speak bad about me. Inside me, I say, 'Why do they have to think of me that way?' But I know how I am. My objective is not that people follow me, but I'm happy that they do.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I had to learn to dismiss people who would criticize me based on nothing, but I also had to learn not to believe the people who would compliment me and think I was great based on nothing. And that led me to have a very, very strong sense of myself and my strengths.

You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.

If a cream can give you confidence then you really have to check your whole confidence department in the first place.

We're going to be treated very poorly, I think that goes with the territory, and you have to get over it, get beyond it and know who you are among your peers and especially among your family when you look in the mirror.

The biggest challenge is to not be affected by praise because a lot of it is not from the heart. Being true to yourself about your strengths and weaknesses, when everyone out there has a strong opinion and wants to give advice, is another challenge.

I'm usually very critical of myself.

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.