Bobby Riggs Quotes

People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

Even I admit I may have peaked too soon.

When you have success, people think you know what you're doing, and you start to agree with them, you think you can conquer the world. But you go from grandiosity to panic.

You always think you're better than you are in the beginning.

Overconfidence has never been my problem.

The minute you think, 'I have done it' or 'I know what is happening,' you will start to go down.

When as smart as you think you are is as wrong as you turn out to be, your life can fall out from under you.

When you are too confident, that's when you hurt yourself.

What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.

As soon as you think you can do whatever you want and you have whatever great professional in the world waiting to work with you, then you are sunk.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

Nothing recedes like success.

They are most deceived that trusteth most in themselves.

It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission.

Beware of being blinded by your own success.

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

A string of successes can kill you if they make you think, 'Hey, I'm smart; I can't make any mistakes'.

Success usually breeds a degree of hubris.

I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose what they have built.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Success tempts many to their ruin.