Deepika Padukone Quotes

I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

I can be very competitive, but I mainly want to challenge myself.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.

In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself.

My biggest competition is me.

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

I'm quite competitive. Not with other models but with myself. I have to win.

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

We all understand that this isn't about me beating you and you beating me. It's about each individual competing against himself.

I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.

I am not competing with anyone. I am competing with myself. When I wake up every day I am only worried about how I can better myself.

I really don't focus on the competition at all. Like even on the football field it's me versus me.

I try to get better in every aspect of my life, not just on the football field. I am competitive, and I just want to always get better.

I'm going to be the best fighter I can be and focus on being me.

I compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why.

I know my game. I know what I need to get better at and be better at.

I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself.

If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.

For me, there is a lot of room for improvement and there are a lot of things I would like to be better at.

I always try and do my best and put out the best and find the best in me, as well. But I'm not thinking about it beforehand.

So I don't really focus too much on that, and I think it's dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you're not going to be doing a really quality job yourself.

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.