Self-Deprecating Sayings

377 sayings found from 377 authors

I am a woman in progress.

— Oprah Winfrey 2017
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I was asked what I thought about the stock market. I said it was a good place to buy groceries.

— Sam Walton 1980s
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I couldn't sleep. I was obsessed with the idea.

— Ray Kroc 1954
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I'm a normal person. I don't believe I'm a genius.

— Jack Ma 2015
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I don't think there's any way to stop people from trying to break systems. It's just human nature.

— Sergey Brin 2010s
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I eat one meal a day, and I don't eat on the weekends.

— Jack Dorsey 2019
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You should always be asking yourself: what's the one thing that I can do that no one else can do?

— Peter Thiel 2012
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I am a newspaper man, and I believe in newspapers.

— William Randolph Hearst early 1900s
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I am not a star. I am an actress. I have been for many years. I am proud of my work.

— Hedy Lamarr 1940s-1950s
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I'm not a hater. I don't hate nobody.

— Muhammad Ali 1970s
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I am a living, changing being.

— Bruce Lee 1970s
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The way I figured it, I was a black man in a white man's world. I had to make my own way.

— Jackie Robinson 1940s
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When I came back, after all this publicity, I was still a second-class citizen.

— Jesse Owens 1960s
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I'm a perfectionist. I'm my own worst critic. If I don't do something right, I'm just like, 'Ugh, I'm so mad at myself.'

— Serena Williams 2012
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My mother thinks I am the best. And I say, 'Mom, I am the best.'

— Diego Maradona 2000s
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I have to keep working hard and playing well, and everything else will come.

— Lionel Messi 2010s
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I respect the opinions, but I don't give a s***.

— Cristiano Ronaldo 2017
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I don't know if I'm the greatest. I'm just me.

— Michael Jordan 1998
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I don't need to be the MVP of the league. I need to be the MVP of my team. And if my team is winning, then that's all that matters.

— LeBron James 2012
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I told you all I was going to be number one, and I did just that.

— Usain Bolt 2008
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