Richard Nixon Quotes

When you continue to perform, your confidence level increases dramatically.

Being teased and losing my self value eventually ended up inspiring me to be a better version of myself.

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

If I'm the weak link or whatever, I guess that means I've got something to prove. I've always had something to prove.

I think the kids in school that laughed at the clothes that we wore and the house that we lived in, and then my mother had to cut hair... I think that was a good motivator. Every time they laughed at me, they just built a fire, and there was only one way to put it out - to try and show 'em I was as good as they were.

Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.

I love to see how far you're able to go, both in skills but also emotionally how far I can push myself.

Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.

When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'.

There are no makeovers in my books. The ugly duckling does not become a beautiful swan. She becomes a confident duck able to take charge of her own life and problems.

When I was in first grade, the kids called me 'fatso.' It hurt, but the way I overcame it was to outrun every kid in the class. So I developed a thick skin, and athletics became my way of performing and being accepted.

Bullies want to abuse you. Instead of allowing that, you can use them as your personal motivators. Power up and let the bully eat your dust.

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Every individual suffers from the fear of failure, but you can change your destiny only when you overcome it.

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.

Changing what you don't like about yourself can be empowering, and that's not a bad thing. Feeling secure enough to own what is weak and missing from either your body, mind or spirit and to commit to action to change it is a good thing.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

You are doing better than you think you are.

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

I don't mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.

You have to be confident to be successful... I am somewhat confident.

I think it's the same for everyone in any walk of life - if people put you down, you want to prove a point.