Gordon Ramsay Quotes

I think that somehow I got the notion that I had to be successful, to be the best in the world.

It was always about being first, about winning. There were no prizes for second place. My mother and father said, 'Do whatever you want, as long as you're the best at it.'

In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

There were rumors in the air that all these different clubs were looking at me but I didn't know which specific clubs. No one told me anything. And then I got a message: 'Bayern Munich want to meet you.' I was like: 'Oh my god. Really?' It was both exciting and scary. I just had to prove to myself that I could compete at this level.

You should want to be the best at whatever your chosen field is.

The expectations are high, so we know: If we do not meet them, there is criticism. We have high expectations ourselves. We are not happy with fourth, third, or second, either.

I gotta win. Winning is just not enough. I have to do my best.

I have to live up to my expectations - which is to break all the records that I can, dominate by a wide margin.

I will not feel like I've made it until the day I retire from basketball because there's something that I can always get better at, and there's always somebody better, and that's what drives me.

I've been ingrained since a young age to compete always and strive to be the best, and I think I'm working toward that.

My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all.

I always want to be the best at whatever I'm attempting to do.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

I love competing against the best players. I have a huge challenge, and that's to win a U.S. Open and complete the Grand Slam. I enjoy that challenge. Every year it comes around, I get excited to try to conquer that opportunity. I love it.

Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.

Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.

I'm not normally content with what I do unless I win.

I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that, I'll have to accept.

I want to run with the best, that's how I've always lived.