Eric Butterworth Quotes

Failure isn't an option. I've erased the word 'fear' from my vocabulary, and I think when you erase fear, you can't fail.

There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?

I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.

Therefore, as a player, as a coach, even though we might have lost in a season or not won a championship, it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy that I'm going to win some time. I've never felt myself a loser.

Stop thinking of failing.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.

I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.

While I do my work with a sense of honesty, I tell myself, 'What is the worst that can happen? I fail, right?' So, will I stop living after that? No. I will try again.

I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

I have never feared failure.

That's why I won: because I believed I had a chance.

Whether I'm 0-for-10 or 10-for-10, every time I walk to the plate I believe I'm going to hit a missile.

If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and Start being positive about what could go right.

If you're afraid to fail, you'll never succeed.

I'm not the sort of person who fears failure.

If the worst happens, if you lose and fail, but you still celebrate coming second because you've given it a red hot go. There is no need to fear failure.

I'm never impossible. The most I ever allow myself is to be somewhat unlikely.

It's so important to believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it, under any circumstances. Because if you believe you can, then you really will. That belief just keeps you searching for the answers, and then pretty soon you get it.

If there's something left in me, it's better to go down fighting. You've got to have a bit of self-belief and confidence in yourself. I might know that I have only a little chance but I'm a good rider and I try to make it happen. You have to give luck a swift kick in the behind so it falls on your side. You have to make your own luck.

Be strong minded, and always believe that the impossible is possible.

I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.

The greatest danger in life is not taking chances. There are so many negative people wanting to grind you down, but you can't let them. If people say you are mad, you know you're on the right track.

I think that the minute that you have a backup plan, you've admitted that you're not going to succeed.