Toby Young Quotes

After winning, it's hard to go to not winning.

I feel like people are just waiting for me to fail, so I have to be careful what decisions I make in my career.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record, everything stinks, and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.

You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.

To achieve truly important things you have to be willing to put your personal reputation on the line …

I don't want to carry the burden of a flop. I don't fall into that trap.

Success is a gift, but it's a handicap at the same time, I think.

When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

there are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.

Heard someone say, 'I can't wait until I can finally say I've made it.' The day you think you've 'made it' is the day you begin your decline.

No matter how many people are screaming your name or how many Number One hits you have, you can still wake up and feel like a loser.

I'm doing everything I can to sabotage my career. It's a little thing called "fear of success".

Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.

If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.

Dear Lord, I pray that my place will never be with the cold, timid souls who do not compete yet criticize, for they never know or feel success or failure.

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

The number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure.

If we start without confidence, we have already lost half the battle and we bury our talents.

Success comes and goes. Your flops stay with you for life.

People aren't afraid of failure, they just don't know how to succeed. We are each responsible for our own success (or failure). Winning at what you do is no exception. To ensure a win, you must take a proactive approach. Prevention of failure is an important part of that process.

I had a lot of nerves for a long time about career-oriented things, and I've slowly sort of let myself relax into it a bit. Part of me thinks that's maybe the effect of being on two hit shows. I like to think that maybe it's more: You do the things you do, and you do the best you can, and that's all you can hope for, and don't worry too much if it's not it.

The only people who try to tell you that you can’t do something, are the people who have failed

Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too... So I think you need a little bit of both.