Gary Woodland Quotes

Of course, I won't lie - I like to break records.

Records are made to be broken. It's great when they are broken by attacking players.

For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.

Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

I've frowned at the idea of breaking records, the first one to do something, or do it longer, higher, more difficult.

There's probably nothing quite like crossing the finish line and seeing the clock read numbers that you have never seen before.

I do look at leader boards. I want to know where I'm at.

I want to win medals for myself.

It's good to break records, I love it.

Each fight, I'm breaking records that are meant to be broken.

My job is to give 100 per cent so that I can walk away completely satisfied with the race I put together irrespective of placings.

All records are made to be broken.

I didn't start out planning to be Mr. Olympia I just wanted to be the best that I could be, but my goals changed as I went along. I wanted to be the British champion, and then I wanted to be a pro, then Mr. Olympia.

To be No. 1 is something I've dreamed of as a kid.

When there are things I see on tape that I think I can get better at, it frustrates me.

I don't think about medals. I just think of bettering my own time.

To let somebody get 30 points on you, and you feel good because you got 35 on them, that's not good for me, you know what I'm saying? If I get 35, I want him to get 12 or 14 because that means I've done something. I've done my job. I went out there and played hard and did what I had to do.

What defines 'success' - answering that question - is so important when you're growing up as an athlete. Success for one kid is different than for another kid.

I work hard every day to try to help my team. I try to have fun too - because football is still fun - and scoring goals, breaking records, that's what drives me.

The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?

I do something to win it or I don't do it at all.

Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic medal, but for me, my medals are there forever and ever, and that's what does it for me.

I'm just glad we get to see old records being broken. That's what sports is all about.

I think this is a sport where we can really challenge all of ourselves as baseball fans, as baseball players, even the casual viewers. It's just good to think, What can we do that hasn't been done?