I think that my father would find it so confusing that people want to imitate him. Not because he didn’t have confidence in who he was, but because he never imitated anybody. He was his own person. – Patti Davis
In common with many who have a brain injury, I initially lost my confidence and felt very vulnerable, as if a protective layer of skin had been stripped away. – Maryam D’Abo
My friends and I have always loved the Neutrogena brand and their ability to help inspire confidence. So when I found out I was actually going to be part of the Neutrogena family, I was really excited. – Miranda Cosgrove
The belief may be too often mistaken, but the illusion of coming into direct contact with the past is intoxicating and persuasive, and can result in an interpretation that carries conviction. Sometimes confidence is all that’s needed. – Charles Rosen
I’ve learned how to adapt to different cultures and understand all different walks of life. I’ve also learned that confidence is key, even if you have to fake it at times. Fake it till you make it, as they say. – Martha Hunt
I think people are always like, ‘She’s a model-turned-actress.’ And I don’t want to turn actress. I want to do both. I wouldn’t have built the confidence to do acting if I didn’t model. – Dree Hemingway
My habit would have been to veer towards the dark – to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that’s true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect. – George Saunders
What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts. – Paul Singer
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you’re doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you’re trying to accomplish on the basketball floor. – Phil Jackson
I have confidence in my players around me – my offensive line, my running backs, my wide receivers, and the defense and special teams. – Chad Kelly
What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don’t like the way you look, you go to your friends. – Diane von Furstenberg
I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and ’85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do. – Dana Carvey
At one point, I had lost my confidence as an actor, and working again was tough. I started stammering due to lack of confidence. It took time, but things became better. – Fatima Sana Shaikh
I didn’t have the confidence to leave the band because of a solo career, or anything like that. I just wanted to grow. – Dee Dee Ramone
I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful. – Danica McKellar
I have great confidence in Taiwan’s democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan. – Chen Shui-bian
I have so many single girlfriends who fit themselves into the mold of what they think a guy’s looking for. But being comfortable around men is about being comfortable with yourself. They gravitate toward confidence. Really, that is what they want to be around. – Cobie Smulders
I was painfully shy, so my aunt suggested to my mum that me and my brother go to Stage 84, a performing arts school in Yorkshire. I’ve probably romanticised it in my head, but I seem to remember that in the space of an hour’s drama workshop, I was transformed. I went in really shy, and I came out full of confidence. – Christian Cooke
By the time I left college, I had won every award you could win – I was Mr. Man! Then I got drafted by the Giants, and you step in that locker room, and you feel inferior in every way. You just have to stick around long enough to give yourself the opportunity to build your confidence. – Michael Strahan
I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves – that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness. – Giorgio Armani
Getting up to Zaire – getting ready to fight Muhammad Ali – I thought this will be a matter of just a little exercise. I’ll probably knock him out in three rounds. Two, three – maybe three and a half rounds. That was the most confidence I had in my whole life. – George Foreman
Beauty, by way of fashion, has to do with confidence, with flattering silhouettes, with patterns, with proper fit for body type, and with an abundance of self-love! – Mary Lambert
There comes a time when you have to put forth the action and actually see whether you’re really just talking to promote yourself, just to sell yourself, or to build your confidence or build confidence around you… or are you the real deal? – Deontay Wilder
I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power – like, you know, running the country. Which is a thought that continues to give Americans indigestion… Direction is about having a vision, but the practice of being a director is a con game – a confidence game. – Mira Nair
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you’re doing. – Phil Jackson
I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but I’m always open to learning everybody’s style – the director, the actor I’m working with. – Freida Pinto
Confidence is not, ‘They will like me’. Confidence instead is, ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’. – Christina Grimmie