Skepta Quotes

Pause today and notice something you have worked hard on and recognize yourself for it. Acknowledge your effort.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.

Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.

I like to take credit for the work that I have done.

Appreciating what you have accomplished can be empowering.

I am in my own hall of fame, that's all that matters.

Individual awards are important, but I am not obsessed with them.

I don't like to celebrate my own achievements.

I don't need awards to show me how successful I am or to prove to me that I'm doing a good thing and that I'm succeeding.

Your results are very quantifiable. And nobody can take those results away from you. They are yours... All of that, I think, is very good for women.

Two gold medals and two silver, I don't think is that bad... I think I still did a pretty good job.

I used to be so excited when I saw my name in print.

It's crazy to call myself as the sexiest woman. I'm like, wow; this is cool. Looking at the past years, I was expecting 5th or 6th position. But standing on the 3rd position was totally unexpected.

I don't know how I have got this habit, but I try to play one match and give it my best - it doesn't matter which level of cricket I am playing in. It gives me satisfaction that I am not thinking about others, not competing with others.

I just felt proud of being able to tell my mom that 'Ye reached out. He saw that I built on my own with a small team.

I'm content with what I've got from the industry, even though sometimes it seems like I might not get the proper credit.

I've earned my stripes; I don't need to prove myself to anyone.

All I want to do in my life is be known as me and for what I do.

After I've sat back and looked at my body of work, thought about it, I go, 'Wow, I guess I am a Hall of Famer.'

People kept saying, 'You've made it!' and I was like, 'What have I been doing all this time?' I've always felt successful.

No matter what, people have to respect my accomplishments.

Now, with all my world titles, I am very happy because I can say to all those people that what I chose to do was good for me.

It isn't important to me how people respond to my work.

It's hard to pinpoint a 'moment' that validated years of work.