Dan Pena Quotes

I win everyday I'm out there.

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.

I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

I really respond to putting myself out of my own depth and finding my feet.

I like challenges.

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 knew I'm a hard worker and always wanted to be great at this game.

The work I like to do is the work I'm most afraid of.

I didn't really know what I was going to do with my life. I've taken every opportunity, pushed myself in ways I'm not sure I knew were even possible, I've made the best of my life and career. So yes, I do feel proud of myself.

It was a competitive household. If I wanted to win at something, I had to work for it. It made me understand I could do anything I put my mind to.

I just control what I can control. Getting better every time I step onto the floor.

The biggest thing I take away from the Army is that work ethic and being able to focus and put your eyes on a goal.

I tend not to really think about what other people say. I'd rather just try and focus on what I'm doing, try and win basically.

I will continue to fight to reach my targets with humility.

Competition can only make you as an individual better and let you perform better, it can only be a positive thing.

I always try to stay aggressive. I always use my strengths and always work on my weaknesses to get better. That's just who I am.

Humble enough to prepare, confident enough to perform.

Thanks to my upbringing, I always believed in myself and worked as hard as I could to get where I wanted to be. Nothing was ever handed to me.

All I got to do is keep getting the most out of each one of my days and keep trying to be the best athlete I can become.

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

I have to constantly be doing something; otherwise, I don't feel like I'm reaching the level that I should be.

We can't control everything in our lives. Sometimes you're No. 2, 3, 4 or 5. That doesn't matter. What matters is that you strive to be No. 1.