Mike Schultz Quotes

I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

I really enjoyed every minute of it. I mean, I've learned so much in the last week, I mean, just the way to play a real, real doubles. It was a great experience for me, and we had a lot of fun.

If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun.

I used to go to open gym to play with my friends and teammates, and I'd get there 30 to 45 minutes early so I could play one-on-one against my dad. When I reached ninth grade, I was finally able to beat him.

I always enjoy playing against great players. You can learn from the best.

Basketball is a lifelong game. You continue to learn from the game day in and day out, and all along the way, you get better.

Knowing that guys are out there improving and trying to take it to that next level, that gives me fire to improve my play and work on these little things that can keep me from dominating a game.

If you play with the big time players, you will also improve.

In the barber shop you start playing checkers, and eventually you want to learn how to play chess. The pieces look a little more interesting. You're doing more things. I'm pretty good at it.

I've played and I've been a student of the game.

I need to vary up my game, and I'm working on that. I know I need to get better.

If you can do your thing on a big stage, it helps, but then to do it against guys that are older than you still gives me confidence that all the hard work I'm putting in is really working and I just got to keep getting better.

I went to Kentucky to be a better player.

It's been great to play against the top teams in the world, it can only benefit me.

I want to be a better player, and there is no other way of showing it other than on the pitch. It is not a question of which team I play for.

I am sure my own game is improving by playing in Serie A.

I want to win a ring, get better and try to learn.

I need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged. It is like playing sports - surfing, basketball, it doesn't matter what it is, if you play with people who are better than you, then you get better too. It is the same thing with acting.

If you play with people who are better than you, then you get better.

2010 was my best season so far but I think I can get better at everything.

I went to the International Ballet competition when I was 15 or 16 and that was the first time I competed. I didn't get very far but it was the first time that I realized what I needed to do to become a dancer. I realized how hard it was.

I never was content unless I was trying my skill...or testing my endurance.

Nick O'Leary loves to compete. His work ethic is fantastic, and that's what I like about him. He works, and works, and works; and if he has to get better, he gets better.

When you get to practice against the best, it brings the best out of you.