Maverick Carter Quotes

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

I don't want to be no more than what I am.

I'm no saint. I'm no angel. I never proclaimed to be.

I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices.

Be content to seem what you really are.

I don't try to pretend to be what I'm not. I don't feel I need to do anything outrageous.

I am not sure that I can make the epigrams that you are hunting for. The truth is you have a pretty old horse to run and you’ve got to take me as I am.

I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.

I think there's something kind of good about growing up in a place you know is not the cool place to be. I think it's good for your head.

I'm just myself. That's the best way to put it.

He was so confident. But underneath that, behind the scenes, I knew Michael Jordan was a country kid from North Carolina, and it was that simple to him. He was a young man, at heart, who wanted to be one of the guys who loved to play and was willing to do whatever was necessary.

I've never gone out and courted favors. I've never gone out to be booed, either. It's just me being myself.

I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man.

I don't really have a strategy other than to just be myself.

I don't think I am fearless. I am just me.

I'm not a movie star and I know that.

I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.

I hope my head doesn't get very big. I'm just going to keep my feet on the ground, stick to friends and family and try to lead a normal life.

Humility is all about being truthful and honest.

I don't know what to say about myself. I don't know myself (laughs). People say my humility but I believe we're all humble in our own way. I try to stay close to my family and friends.

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.

Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play.

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

When I make mistakes, I just get on with it. I don't try to impress with that killer pass to make sure everybody notices me.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.