His great trick was making the game simple, supplying players with the confidence and self-belief of Muhammad Ali

It was a definite boost for our confidence and self belief.

when you believe in
yourself, other people will believe in
you, too.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

In order to create you have to believe in your ability to do so and that often means excluding whole chunks of normal life, and, of course, pumping yourself up as much as possible as a way of keeping on. Sort of cheering for yourself in the great football stadium of life."

(Barnes & Noble Review, email dialogue with Cameron Martin, Feb. 09, 2009)

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.