Alex Rodriguez Quotes

One of the key elements is the ability to be honest with yourself.

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

I think I've certainly learned a lot of lessons in humility and continue to work on that part of myself.

The most important thing that I tell myself is that no matter where I go in this journey, the humility is what's gonna keep me honest and real. And perhaps a better manager.

I try to be honest with myself.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.

If you never lie to yourself, you'll always be happy with yourself, and eventually the person you wake up with and the person you go to sleep with is yourself.

One of the commitments I made to myself when I decided to write a book was to be brutally honest, particularly about myself.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself

The more you can be self-aware and honest about yourself, the more you can cultivate that in other people.

I feel proud to be a skater: it's taught me how to be emotional, more connected with myself, more mature, more understanding of my thoughts and the conversations I've had with myself.

In order for us to appreciate this world, we have to be a bit more honest, and I hope I do that.

I am an emotional guy. I try to be very honest.

I found after seventy years that I was not a lunatic but a moron.... I should have been able to do better.

I guess it has to be healthy, you have to be honest with yourself and I think that's when ego is okay.

You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.