Mikaela Shiffrin Quotes

I feel like the thing that motivates me is not making the Olympic team. If I'm having a rough day, I think about how bad I want it.

Winning isn't everything, but wanting it is.

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp.

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.

The people in New York want to achieve something; the people in L.A., they just want to achieve success.

You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.

When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.

You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.

In my eyes, I will never be up there with the Sir Steve Redgraves and the Sir Chris Hoys of this world. It's not something that drives me; I just enjoy going to the Olympic Games. Just to be mentioned in the same breath as those people is an honour for me. I don't ever think about those kind of things.

Every time we step on the field, we want to score. If we don't, then we're disappointed. We don't settle for three.

Thankfully I still have things I want to achieve so I can just set more goals. Now I want to unify, I want to have big fights and then one day move up and become a two-weight world champion.

You always want to test yourself at a high level, and I would be proud to represent Great Britain.

Every year, we want to win. That's an overarching goal.

I haven't got years and years left so I want to compete against the best.

I want to do just like my sister, if not even better.

I remember watching the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with my nose right up to the screen, knowing there and then that I wanted a sporting career.

You don't sell the team short and say, 'We're just trying to make the playoffs,' or anything like that.

When I was 5, I was always joking around like, 'Oh man, I wanna go to the Olympics.'

My objective is to be among the best.

I never thought about being No. 1. I just kept trying to be No. 1.

I remembered that throughout my growing up and education and pursuing my dreams and desires, going into acting, and, of course, getting through Yale University and on and on and on, that being average, being mediocre was not an option that you should be proud of.

Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.

We all want things in life. Donald Trump is to be known as a winner, because he does win. He wants to be known as a genuine - and he is a legitimate winner.