Gail Kim Quotes

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

I'm a standard overachiever.

Performance is something we all strive to be better at. I'm no different than that. Who wants to look bad?

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

I do think you can't be as good as the person next to you to play: you have to be better.

I don't think anybody wants to be mediocre.

It's important to be successful, and not just because there is competition, but also because it leads to better work for you.

I always thought records were there to be broken.

I am only about winning and getting better.

Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.

Performance is always something that will be a part of my career.

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning.

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

Being able to compete against the best, having success against the best, and to be included with the best - that's something I really relished whenever I got on the court.

You always want to play with the best.

I strictly want to beat every opponent I face, whether it's for a title or for a small show. The only thing for me is winning my fights and being the best athlete I can be.

I think that is when guys are at their best: when you put pressure and have something to work towards and have something to compare yourself to or try to best them, it really does make you better.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

Competition makes us all better and better.

Until you get that championship, nobody's good enough.

I'm not satisfied with being ranked second and third.

I play to be the best.

When you do something, you want to be the best.