Saara Aalto Quotes

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.

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

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.

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.

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'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

The only competition I actually want is with my own self, and for me, work comes above all.

That's the type of person I am - I always want to do better.

I'm in competition only with myself, and I always want to push the envelope.

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

Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.

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

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.

I will do anything I can to improve myself.

What you do is you're using the other competitors to push yourself, because it's so hard to push yourself.

You need to be competitive, but a lot of that you can internalize and use that as motivation to drive you. You do not need to show it all the time.

My confidence came from always needing to compete.

I always feel that I compete with myself.

I'm only competing with myself.

Every year you want to keep elevating you. And that's what I want to do.

I can always improve.

You want to put on a good performance for yourself.

You always have to keep setting the bar for yourself.