I think I am the greatest fighter in any class. I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts.

Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.

I’m confident with my ability.

Fashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It’s always sexy, and it’s always with the same result: making women look fantastic.

I promise you, I will have something on the Internet that is game-changing. I can’t lose.

One of the things I’ve told men over and over and over and over is if you’re being rejected by all the women that you approach, it’s not the women!

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he’s showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it’s confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn’t feel like he deserves to be there.

My fat never made me less money.

A lot of people ask me, ‚How did you have the courage to walk up to record labels when you were 12 or 13 and jump right into the music industry?‘ It’s because I knew I could never feel the kind of rejection that I felt in middle school. Because in the music industry, if they’re gonna say no to you, at least they’re gonna be polite about it.

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it.

Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

I wasn’t a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Someone said to me, ‚If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?‘ My answer was then and still is, ‚If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.‘

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

I want to make a good, solid kung fu movie.

A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

If you keep proving stuff that others have done, getting confidence, increasing the complexities of your solutions – for the fun of it – then one day you’ll turn around and discover that nobody actually did that one!

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

I don’t kiss nobody’s butt.

I’m never nervous.

I can move any crowd.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.

I’m crazy and I don’t pretend to be anything else.

Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

To me, if you’re trying to impress a girl, get a date, they’re gonna like that more because you’re a confident guy. That’s what it comes down to.

Most of the stuff I try in a game, in the moment, I have supreme confidence I’m going to execute it.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Why am I a star? It can’t be because of looks.

I sometimes just don’t like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

The beauty of me being on stage is I have a voice.

I love women with attitude.

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.

Yes, some people say to me you’re too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

I think style is being so comfortable and confident in what you’re wearing. That’s what style is, ‚cause everybody’s got different style.

I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I’m going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that’s what will happen.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It’s a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That’s why I need to throw curve balls.

Chinese combatants, men and women, inheritors of a millennial culture, are people of uncommon intelligence and an invincible spirit of struggle.

I like to feel blonde all over.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way – I hope it never will.

I’ve learned new footwork patterns that are very unusual. I’ve learned how to find a lower centre of gravity, and I’ve found more angles to throw shots.

It’s important for me to let my fans know I really don’t care. I’m confident.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t.

A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you’re prepared to take the risk of trying them out.

I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I’m confidently cocky, you might say.

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

In my heart, I’m confident I could make a good president.

I’m not the most attractive fella. I’m not a Billy Dee Williams. Personality is everything.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

I don’t fear anybody… at all.

Indians felt despondent about Indian governance. Changing that atmosphere of gloom was a very challenging task, and I faced many difficulties in rectifying the situation and bringing back confidence and hope.