Mark Haddon Quotes

I always like to put myself under pressure to improve more.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.

Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.'

Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction.

I'm going to try to keep getting better.

I like to push myself, you know.

I will do anything I can to improve myself.

A self-defined challenge is an irresistible teacher.

I'm highly critical of myself. There's not something someone else might say that makes me feel I need to be motivated in a different way. I'm a self-motivated guy.

I focus on myself, and I train for myself.

I think that if you challenge yourself, then you're going to get your best performances, and every time I go out there, I challenge myself to be better than I was last time.

I don't like to get too complacent. I like to give myself five panic attacks per project.

I'm eager to just get better each and every day.

I want to keep bettering myself.

I just have to be better. There's not much else to say.

I am not competing with anyone. I am competing with myself. When I wake up every day I am only worried about how I can better myself.

I'm going to focus on myself and continue to get myself better because I have plenty of things I need to work on.

I think that you're only going to get better if you take time to better yourself, not because someone says you should get better.

For me, I'm just trying to keep getting better.

I feel this emptiness in me, like I still got something to prove and I still got so much stuff to work on in my game.

My defence, that is something I can better at individually.

I wanted to show my maturity. The criticism I got made me grow up. It motivated me.

I always want to push myself.