Re-Establishing Credibility Quotes

Let me continue to try to set the record straight: I never retired.

All I want to do now is prove my temperament is not a problem and get people talking about my football again.

My career was dwindling down and I got to be in Golden State for two years and show I still have it.

You look at the Blur comeback, it was so smooth - so smooth - compared to The Verve.

I'd retired for about six or seven years. Coming back to the business, I found that I was sort of not quite a has-been, and it wasn't a new career, it was just kind of difficult to crack the nut, so to speak.

It's different when you're trying to turn something around, especially something that you built, at a time when so many constituents - the media, Wall Street, competitors, ex-employees - are all saying that Starbucks's best days are behind it, and that Schultz is never going to be able to bring it back.

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

Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.

The only thing harder than leaving show business is coming back.

When a new manager comes in, you have to prove yourself all over again. That's what you have to do every day and keep your standards high.

I trained at RADA, then went into the theatre, but TV is like starting at the bottom again. I have just been learning.

It's taken me a long time to get back into the industry. People were not really open to me working, or being a part of the industry.

I did 'Animal House' in 1978, then 'Local Hero' in 1983, and then in '88, 'Crossing Delancey.' And I realized that every three to five years, you need a big role to put you into the national psyche.

When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

In Hollywood it's really tough to change genres; you have to re-prove yourself.

I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.

When I left WWE, I always knew that I wanted to come back when the time was right.

Every year you've got somebody coming in and trying to kick you off, so you have to prove yourself. Even for the coaches, too. Their jobs are always on the line.

It's funny going to America because you're starting again. You've just won a Brit Award, but nobody will care. You have to prove yourself, but it's good to do that stuff. You might be big in Britain, but you still have to work at it everywhere else.