Naima Adedapo Quotes

I still need to go through the process of proving myself.

When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.

I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said.

Do I feel like I still need to prove myself? Absolutely. And I want to feel that way, and I like that.

I'm the type of person who feels I have to prove myself first.

I'm at the age where I've got to prove that I'm just as good as I never was.

I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.

I have to prove myself five times over.

If I'm the weak link or whatever, I guess that means I've got something to prove. I've always had something to prove.

There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.

When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

A lot of women say that they want to get to feeling about themselves the way I feel, because when I'm on a roll, I'm hot, I'm really good. I try to tell them, I don't have a fix.

When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

I try to keep my confidence on the charts, but I'm a confident guy as well. You've got to be that way. If you don't think that you're the best, then you won't perform that way.

I am not an insecure person. For me, insecurity comes when something I do does not come across the way I thought it would. It would come if I had nothing more to say as an actor. I have a long way to go!

There's no need to overwhelm yourself with thoughts, because you know that you're just as good or better than some of the players you're going up against.

Yeah, I feel good. Good about my game and my life.

We must provide leadership ... that erases self doubt.

You can't listen to every little thing that's bad or good said about you. I always used that - whenever I heard it, I used it as fuel to motivate me, man. That's how I was raised, whenever I came up.

You have to be confident to be successful... I am somewhat confident.

I think it's the same for everyone in any walk of life - if people put you down, you want to prove a point.