Why I'm So Great

I'm the Connie Francis of rock 'n' roll.
Elton John

I mean, it's unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I'm like in awe of myself right now.
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire after finishing the baseball season with a two-homer day, giving him a record 70 for the year. Sept. 27, 1998.

I say I'm Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all wrapped up into one. If I die early ... I'll be just like those guys.
Dennis Rodman, 1997

I'm not an egomaniac like a lot of people say. But I am the world's best dancer, that's for sure.
Michael Flatley

I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
David Lee Roth

I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man.
Marion Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC

It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher.
Linda Evangelista, 1997