Jeremy Gilley Quotes

I used to think I was stupid and slow.

I still think I'm not as good as anybody else.

I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else.

I'd rather speak less because I don't consider myself a very intelligent person.

I am not loved. I am not a beautiful soul. I am not a good-natured, giving person. I am not anybody's savior.

My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up.

When I look down at my pale, skinny body, I wonder why any woman would want to sleep next to it, let alone embrace it.

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else.

I always thought everybody else was better than me.

My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I'm terribly insecure. I'm plagued with insecurities 24/7.

It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another.

I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.

I've always thought I'm pretty ugly.

I've hated myself since I knew my own name. But 'Bake Off' has simply confirmed to me what a bottom-feeding halfwit I am.

When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.

We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough.

It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends from university have said, 'I quite fancied you, but I wouldn't have dared...' and I was like, 'Oh really?' I was completely amazed that anyone had ever fancied me, and also that I'd obviously given an impression of 'Don't touch me.'

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

I always assume I look better than I actually do. I'll feel pretty good about myself when I leave the house, then I'll see a picture and think, 'Crap, I had no idea that's what I was looking like.'

I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.

I'm not pretty. The truth is I didn't think I could be a model at all. I was looking at some of the guys on the walls at Irene Marie and I thought to myself 'Jesus Christ. I can't do this. I don't look anything like these guys'.