551 quotes
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
Chris Evert
Athlete · American · b. 1954
Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
George Foreman
Athlete · American · b. 1949
Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.
George Thorogood
Musician · American · b. 1950
That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
Gabriela Sabatini
Athlete · Argentinian · b. 1970
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
Joe Namath
Athlete · American · b. 1943
For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.
Charley Pride
Athlete · American · b. 1938
The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.
Kathleen Turner
Actress · American · b. 1954
The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.
Jasmine Guy
Actress · American · b. 1964
If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.
Stefan Edberg
Athlete · Swedish · b. 1966
A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene.
Terence Stamp
Actor · British · b. 1939
Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.
Harry Houdini
Entertainer · Hungarian · 1874 – 1926
When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.
Steve Largent
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
Joe Paterno
Coach · American · b. 1924
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.
You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.
We are still confident as a team that we will make it through to the final Cup qualifying round.
Cobi Jones
Athlete · American · b. 1970
Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.
Martin Short
Actor · American · b. 1950
I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence.
Charles Dance
Actor · English · b. 1946
But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.
Kirsten Dunst
Actress · b. 1982
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.
Tom Landry
Coach · American · 1924 – 2000
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi
Coach · American · 1913 – 1970
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
Tyra Banks
Model · American · b. 1973
You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors.
Andrew Shue
Actor · American · b. 1967
I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation.
Britney Spears
Musician · b. 1981
What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.
Terry Bradshaw
Athlete · American · b. 1948
I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem.
Shelley Long
Actress · American · b. 1949
I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.
John McEnroe
Athlete · American · b. 1959
Maybe I'm a little more confident than I used to be, but not much.
Meg White
Musician · American · b. 1974
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
Arnold Palmer
Athlete · American · b. 1929
I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.
Meryl Streep
When I became a Christian my confidence grew.
Cliff Richard
Musician · English · b. 1940
Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence.
Jenna Elfman
Actress · American · b. 1971
Things said to a reporter in confidence should be kept in confidence.
Dorothy Kilgallen
Actress · American · 1913 – 1965
If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.
Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him.
Daphne Zuniga
Actress · American · b. 1962
Tim also has enough confidence so that it always looks like a Tim Burton film, but it really is collaborative. You're allowed to do it your way but of course he's always going to choose his way.
Helena Bonham Carter
Actress · British · b. 1966
The crowd gives us so much energy and we are able to really feed off of it. Hitting those shots and having the crowd go crazy helps boost our confidence. We love our fans.
Steve Nash
Athlete · Canadian · b. 1974
I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.
Major Taylor
Athlete · American · 1878 – 1932
It's easy to say young people should believe in themselves, but the number one thing is recognizing that it's a journey, that you have to build confidence in yourself.
I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band.
Shannon Hoon
Musician · American · 1967 – 1995
I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.
Donna Rice
Celebrity · American · b. 1958
Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
I am not the world's most confident person.
Heston Blumenthal
Celebrity · English · b. 1966
I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be.
Fred Savage
Actor · American · b. 1976
If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.
Jason Statham
Actor · British · b. 1972
Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.
Goran Ivanisevic
Athlete · Croatian · b. 1971
I'm very confident my health isn't going to allow me to be a good player, especially in the spring.
Steve Yzerman
Athlete · Canadian · b. 1965
As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.
Kim Novak
Actress · American · b. 1933