Idi Amin Quotes

I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid.

I know my value. I don't have to look at lap times.

I just feel like sometimes I'm a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It's not easy being me.

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?

There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.

I don't have the confidence to be a personality.

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

I don't really care what other people see me as. I seriously don't. I've always worried about what my opinion of myself is. And I've always thought that it carries most weight. So I don't care what other people's opinion of me is or how they view whatever I've said or done.

We are what we believe we are.

In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.

Maintaining my dignity is so important for me.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

I don't think I should be underestimated.

I trust myself. You need that to survive.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself. I'm beginning to think of roles that I could do that I would not have allowed myself to think of before, saying: 'That's not for me, that's for the big guns.'

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

I'm very strong and very confident.

I never had a lot of confidence in myself.

I am a confident player, and a lot of people might look at it like, 'Oh, another cocky attitude,' but I don't look at it that way.