Alain de Botton Quotes

I've been booed on stages. I'm a little bit tougher than to walk off a stage because someone says something ugly.

Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.

I tried not to let all the criticism affect me, but it obviously does not go unnoticed.

If you play football and fans are booing or saying negative stuff, it makes me play better.

With Froch everyone was questioning me and I was trying to prove a point.

I come from a background that, when I win, people try to put me down, and when I lose, people try to put me down. I accept that, and I actually find it kind of funny.

I've built up such a thick skin. It's very easy to take one comment - whether it be a really mean comment that digs deep or just something rude - and really run with it. It's so easy: if there are 100 comments, and 99 are nice, you just run with the bad one.

You need to stay hungry and not allow someone like John Ruiz to come over and mess you up in front of all your fans.

You are going to fail in sport, you are going to win sometimes, you are going to be criticised sometimes, you are going to be applauded - so it gives you... well, it's certainly given me anyway, those real-life lessons that make you bulletproof.

I've been an underdog my whole life with the shape that I have and the way that I look. But once I get in the ring it's a whole different ball game.

I'm a confident woman with thick skin, and as a model in the public eye, I'm conditioned to accept criticism.

I remember after the second episode of 'Saturday Night Takeaway' aired, there were thousands of comments about how bad my teeth were. That got to me most because I was so insecure about my teeth as a child.

I've been overlooked, praised, questioned, lauded, labeled, celebrated, and derided - sometimes all in the span of a single week. That's life in the NFL.

People are always going to be negative when they mention my name, but I can accept that and that's what makes it easier for me to go on.

You have to believe you can play at places like Anfield or Old Trafford, because if you don't who will?

I think that every single fight you have is to prove yourself. Even if you're the world champion, the UFC champion of the world, you're still proving yourself; people are coming to beat you.

Obviously, I'm not a man of steel in that people's words don't affect me. They might hurt me. But I am becoming immune to it as time goes by.

I was young and playing against big players and big clubs. In the beginning, I was thinking they were better than me, and maybe I was a bit scared, also.

Some people will be quite happy you have failed and will find a way to tell you so directly and indirectly. Yep, that is life. Do not let their insecurities impact you.

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.

As an athlete living in a very competitive environment there are always times when you are questioned. It's up to you to prove people wrong and I really enjoy that.

You just have to learn to live with the criticism even if it is unfair. It is a fact of life.

A lot of people keep saying that I am insecure and I keep trying to axe my co-actors' roles, but that's rubbish!

I've taken a lot of crap. That's just the way life is. There are going to be writers who like you and writers who despise you.

The criticism I received only served to make me a stronger person.