Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

I would be a very different person without karate.

I think self-discipline is something, it's like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.

I just want to be better every day, to get better every day, not to be better than anyone else.

I only focus on myself. I want to improve 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'm only competing with myself.

Wrestling has done a lot for my life.

Wrestling introduced me to the idea that my body has a purpose besides trying to look five years younger for the first time.

I try to be the best version of me that I can be, whether it's acting or on a personal level.

I'm in control of what I'm doing physically and mentally. I feel good. I've always felt confident and comfortable going into seasons, but each year I feel like I'm getting better and better.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills.

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

Every job is an opportunity to be a better person.

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.

I'm gonna have to develop myself. I'm just going to do the best that I can do.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.

I've done a lot of self-improvement. I'm always working on being a better person.

My future's about trying to be a better man.

If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition was myself. There's only so much you can do, right? There is only so much energy that one has. My focus was on how do I get the best out of myself.

I will do anything I can to improve myself.