Ben Domenech Quotes

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.

A man who cannot climb a tree will boast of never having fallen out of one.

The guy who started on third base and gets home and acts like he hit a homer - that guy doesn't impress me.

When you're young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that's the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you're a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win.

They are most deceived that trusteth most in themselves.

Who think themselves most wise are greatest fools

The more people that praise you, the more there is danger to develop arrogance.

I have this ridiculous chip on my shoulder, having been a dancer, that I feel like I really ought to be able to do everything myself - but there are some things I very clearly cannot.

A lot of players get to a certain point they don't want to make mistakes. They just want everyone to see how great they are. That ends up being their downfall. You put a cap on yourself.

If you think you're right 80% of the time, you're deluded.

There are a lot of people very sure of themselves that need to be brought back down to Earth. As good as they think they are, they're really not.

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.

I've seen plenty of young lads elevated into the senior squad acting like they have made it.

I've put myself on this pedestal from the start.

I'm like one of those little chihuahua's that thinks they're ten feet tall.

I think about the people that I've seen change because they believed in their own hype. I just never want that to happen to me.

Arrogance really comes from insecurity, and in the end our feeling that we are bigger than others is really the flip side of our feeling that we are smaller than others.

Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.

Those who suffer from an exaggerated sense of their own ability and accomplishment are continually subject to frustration, disappointment, and rage when reality intrudes and the world doesn't validate their idealized view of themselves.

Compliments make me vain: and when I am vain, I am insolent and overbearing. It is a pity, too, because I love compliments. I love them even when they are not so. My child, I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat.

Yuki: "Honda-san... you'd better stop, or he'll get a swelled head." Kyo: "Doesn't Shigure already HAVE a swelled head?

Oh, great reviews are the worst. They mislead you more than the bad ones, because they only fuel your ego. Then you only want another one, like potato chips or something, and the best thing you get is fat and bloated. I'd rather just refuse, thanks.