Robert Merrill Quotes

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

I definitely try to live my life in a very fearless manner, but there are no other sports that you jump from a three-story building and land on your hands! Diving is a lot like life. You just have to trust in what you know and allow it to happen.

I reached the stage where I was afraid to wiggle my leg, but then I thought 'why shouldn't I?' It's what I do and now I know how to turn an audience on again.

Don't be afraid to look silly.

My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.

Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.

Action can cure fear and hesitation and doubt.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

By the second time I sang by myself in school, I just realized that I was more in control of my environment than I had ever been before.

If you think you've hit a false note, sing loud. When in doubt, sing loud.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

I don't believe in fear - I live my life without regrets.

I don't feel like I have anything to lose, so I don't really understand what I'm putting at risk.

I don't live in as much fear as I used to. I'm not afraid of the music business. Life is too damn short. I know what's important, and the tasks are very clear.

Even though I was very shy, I found I could get onstage if I had a new identity.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

When in doubt, do it.

I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.

Sometimes the mere assumption that you have the right to go, will get you there!

You make progress; then you get courage to make more.

I've always known what I've wanted, but I used to be shy about expressing that in regards to my career. So I've become a lioness. If something's happening that I don't necessarily feel comfortable about, I will speak my mind. Or if I want to do something, I go for it.