Dan Pena Quotes

I always want to give more than I gave yesterday.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

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

I'm such a perfectionist. I want to do better and better.

I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life.

I'm very critical of myself and I know the levels I want to achieve so I'm very hard on myself. So the staff and players are very hard on me as well, which is what I want as I want to get to as high a level as possible.

I was the World Champ, but I should be better.

There are things that I need to do better, and I need to get to a point where it's hard to not have me on the court.

I admire Hrithik Roshan for his work a lot. He has an edge over others because he is very hard on himself, he's never complacent, and he's still not happy with that. How much more perfect can you get than that?

Even if I see myself playing very well in one thing, I try to improve to do it better and better.

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

If you score 20 goals one season, then you have to promise yourself that in the following season you will get 25.

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.

Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're trying to be the best you can possibly be, then you'll be putting that pressure on yourself.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

I always wanted to be the best and to get the most out of myself.

The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better.