Meryl Streep Quotes

I think I have the right balance of believing in my own ability and having that confidence on the pitch: people watching you thinking, 'He knows he's a good player,' but without taking it to that level where it's, 'He's an arrogant so-and-so.'

I don't think I'm as good as people say.

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

You have to think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you're not.

I've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big head, if you give yourself a 6 out of 10 they think you're plagued with self-doubt, so I'm just not going to rate myself.

I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything.

A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.

I think there is a part of me that's always a little bit like, "Why would I torture myself? Just in case you forgot how big the shoes are you're walking in, take a look again"

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity.

There was a little bit of ham in me. And there's a lot of people say there's a lot of ham in me.

There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.

I should have more vanity.

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

I thought I was good before I had any right to. But I think you got to feel that way. You got to think that. I wasn't delusional. I knew I had talent.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

I didn't take myself seriously for a long time.