Al Oerter Quotes

My biggest competitor? Myself, mentally.

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 compete against myself in competitions anyway, so I train against myself in practice.

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.

I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.

My biggest competition is me.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

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.

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

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

I feel like my biggest competition is myself. A lot of kids get caught up in the comparing game - comparing themselves with Michael Jackson, comparing themselves with Michael Jordan. You gotta be your best. You gotta overcome your own fears.

I was really competitive with myself.

I'm very competitive with myself. I'm a scheduler.

I'm competitive with myself.

I am not the one who has to try to beat me.

We all understand that this isn't about me beating you and you beating me. It's about each individual competing against himself.

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

I can say that I don't compete with others and only with myself because I do so many films.

I really don't focus on the competition at all. Like even on the football field it's me versus me.

I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.

I'm in competition with myself, and I'm always going to challenge myself.

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

I am a sore loser. It's not that I'm so competitive with others. But I'm competitive with myself. I like to do better than I did before.

When I go in to compete, whether it's gymnastics or anything else, I do my own thing. I compete with myself.

I really don't feel like I'm in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and grow. Get better all the time with these filmmaking tools. I don't expect perfection from myself. Just progress.