Lou Brock Quotes

I was too shy, I think, to sing publicly. It takes a particular kind of person. And when I was young, I was not that person. In the first instance, when a record company said to me, do you want to try and make your record, my first reaction was, no, I'm not worthy - I couldn't possibly, and so on and so forth.

I know what it is like to lose your confidence.

I'm not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It's just not one of my insecurities.

It took me a long time to realize that to walk around without a certain amount of belief in myself, to walk onto a job with my tail between my legs, wasn't behooving anyone else.

Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them.

Only the insecure strive for security.

I lost my confidence.

I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.

I think I'm really powerful. They'll smash me, probably.

I feel confidence in myself, but at the same time there's these cracks in the facade and those little things underneath that are unstable.

Sometimes you can doubt your own abilities to do certain things. We get nervous, we get stuck, or we're not sure if we can live up to what we want to do.

Once you've achieved success, and you're making decisions that are working, I don't understand why anyone would be second-guessing themselves.

When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.

If you don't want competition, I think it means you're scared and you can get a little bit comfortable.

When I'm playing timid and afraid to make a mistake, then I'm not going to play well.

Every time, the mindset I get when I get on the floor is that I'm the best player on the floor.

When you're not playing, sometimes you're not full of confidence.

I never had a slight feeling of intimidation. I'm not even trying to compete with Mr. Perry.

I doubted myself for a long time.

I'm still the best bantamweight in the world in my mind, yes. If I had any doubt that I was the best in the world then I shouldn't be competing. If you don't think you're going to be the best, what's the point?

Every time I put myself out there, I get rejected.

I see myself as the best fighter in the world and that's because I have to. There can't be any other way. I can't go into a fight with the other names that are around my weight, who want the same as me, and not believe that I'm better than them.

I've got respect for everybody I play but I don't fear anybody. Nobody causes me sleepless nights.

There is always that thing when you step up a level and you worry, am I going to be good enough? There's always doubt in my mind.

I don't want to give a false impression of confidence where I don't have it.