Ryan Kwanten Quotes

I think in any profession, in general, you always imagine yourself at the top of it. And I'm not trying to say I'm at the top of my profession, but I've seen what the top people do and what the top people live like. And that's definitely something I want to be a part of.

For a long time, I played for me, for my career.

I would be the first to admit that I have incredibly high, ambitious standards for my life and my career, and I've had those my entire life. It's something that was just instilled in me by my parents.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

There's a lot of obsession about people's personal ambitions.

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

I have high expectations of myself. I always have, always will. That will never waver. I always believe in my talent - always have.

There's nothing wrong with being driven. And there's nothing wrong with putting yourself first to reach your goals.

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

I want to become more successful.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.

I've got goals I want to achieve in my career and I'm working towards them every day.

I expect greatness out of myself.

My life has always been about making certain I accrue the skills necessary to make my ambitions real.

Everything I played, I kind of found a way to be pretty good at. My mom always said, 'If you're not good at something, then don't do it.'

I feel I expect greatness from myself.

Ueli Steck, I'm absolutely certain, had a very strong inner drive to keep pushing. He set very high standards for himself.

Don't be embarrassed by your achievements. Being an overarchiever is nothing despicable. It is only admirable. Never lower your standards.

At the end of the day, you can decide whether you want to be an employee with a great attendance record, getting promoted to ever better titles and working on interesting projects - or whether you want to attempt to do something spectacular - this be or do should be a question you never stop asking yourself - for the next 20 years, and beyond.

You must demand nothing less than the best of yourself and for yourself. You must tell yourself that it is not wrong to want it all.

You can NEVER rise higher than your expectations of yourself. Expect the BEST!

I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else. I expect that from myself.

I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.