Virat Kohli Quotes

I'm sure like everyone else I'm not always the happiest if I don't do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.

I like pushing myself, and usually if I'm not good at something I just won't do it because I'm a perfectionist.

My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I did wrong. Never what I did well.

If a player wants to be the best, then they also need to give themselves a talking-to. You need to look inwards.

That's been kinda my secret. You use everything off the field to help make you better on the field.

I'm sick at myself for not winning more. But I am always trying to find ways to make myself a better player. I am not just turning up to make up the numbers.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

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

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

My father was a drill sergeant, and I've always had that mentality drilled into me of 'you've got to do better, you've got to do better.' I just try to listen to the characters. That's what works for me.

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.

The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.

I have been my own disciple and my own master. And I have been a good disciple but a bad master.

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

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set: 'No one can challenge me better than myself.'

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!