Any top-level athlete, it’s always the same. There’s always that hint of arrogance there… It’s hard to be humble when you’re the best.

Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

I’m a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I’m even afraid of it – it’s a learned affectation and it’s just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

I’m not the judge. You know, God didn’t tell me to go around judging everybody.

If one has the answers to all the questions – that is the proof that God is not with him. It means that he is a false prophet using religion for himself. The great leaders of the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble.

I’m no leader; I’m a little humble follower.

Obviously everybody, if you’re playing in the league, you’ve got to have somewhat of an ego about how you play the game.

Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they’ve taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

When we have the ball, the other team has to run. The most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be a little bit wild.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of ‚em and I could deliver with the best of ‚em.

I definitely don’t plead guilty to being a heartthrob.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

I wouldn’t say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.

In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face.

I’m not a star. I don’t feel I’m so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you’ve got my signature on a piece of paper?

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation’s braggart lords.

We have a great group of guys that really sacrifice every night, care about each other, and try to play the right away.

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

I don’t have all the answers.

Be smarter than other people, just don’t tell them so.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

I’m just glad I play for Coach Belichick.

I didn’t want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that’s a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I’m proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I’m quite good.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

You know how arrogant the French are – extraordinary.

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right – when he knocks you down, you’ll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

If you look at my job, my union card, it says ‚actor.‘ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn’t do to upset one’s own vanity.

Once you get on the playing field it’s not about whether you’re liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That’s what it’s about.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn’t mind it if I didn’t.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

I’m not a god – I do bad things.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Keeping score is for games, not friendships.

As a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.