Ahmad Jamal Quotes

It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore.

If I had to live my life in anticipation of what others thought of me, little would get done.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.

I don't want to get hung up on what 'people,' that nebulous mass, think about me. That's the way to unhappiness, I think.

People say, 'You're overweight'; they question your heart and character. It's a challenge again, proving to myself and to other people that I'm still here, I still have what it takes.

Irrespective of my father's support, if people don't like me there's nothing my family status can do about it.

External pressure I never worried about.

I'm not the sort of person who if everyone thinks you're fabulous you thrive on it.

For such a long time in my life, I didn't trust my own voice at all. I always tried to do what other people wanted.

I've had some real hard setbacks in this sport and I learned to realize that you can't really build who you are on what people say. That's ultimately building your foundation in sand.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me.

I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!

I try not to think about what people think of me. You can't, because then you get hung up in all the people who love you, and you've also got all the people who hate you, because of what you're doing.

I have a strong sense of myself. That gives me a sense of security, you know? If I define myself by things that are always changing, like the public's opinion, or what I'm wearing, or what job I'm doing, there's no stability in that.

What if I couldn't handle people's opinions of me? I know that shouldn't dictate a person's degree of peace or happiness in life, but the problem is, I chose a business saturated in judgment.

I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.

I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.

Consider what people think of you, but don't be afraid of what people think of you.

The best way to avoid falling prey to the opinions of others is to realize that other people's opinions are just that - opinions. Regardless of how great or terrible they think you are, that's only their opinion. Your true self-worth comes from within.

I don't care what people say about me.