Arne Jacobsen Quotes

I expect perfection from myself.

I'm such a perfectionist. I want to do better and better.

I always have high expectations for me.

I always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be. I work hard, I push myself hard, and I probably even expect too much of myself.

I set pretty high expectations for myself, and I hold myself to a pretty high standard.

I have said countless times high performance people are never satisfied with what they do or how they do it! Hence, I am always endeavouring to improve.

I was the World Champ, but I should be better.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

I've always had high ambitions and aspirations.

I can't go to sleep at night if I didn't accomplish at least something. That's the one thing that keeps me up.

I believed in the concept of over-performing. I believe anyone can achieve their goals in life if they over-perform, and that means you have to work ten times harder than anybody you see.

I'm very aware that to reach the same level and have the same amount of success will be extremely difficult.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.

I know what it takes to get to the top.

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

I always wanted to be the best and to get the most out of myself.

I want to be successful, but I don't really have what it takes to do it comfortably.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

The pressure is self-imposed because I always want to do excellent work, and I always want to be interesting to people watching me.

I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.

What Fred Lebow went through was an inspiration for me. You have to set goals for yourself.

To be the best, I had to work harder than everyone else.

I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.