Stephanie Rice Quotes

As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.

I always want to give my best and do the best I can. I know when I have sung my best and when I haven't. There can be stresses and hassles with time travel and press attention. I just have to adapt and find a way of dealing with it.

My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I did wrong. Never what I did well.

I've always put pressure on myself to perform well.

Since I was little, I've always put a lot of pressure on myself.

If I cannot be the best or operate at the best highest level, then I need to go away.

Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically.

I'll always be tough on myself.

I just want to play until I think I don't feel good - and if I can still do it. If I can't do it, I don't think I'll keep going once I don't feel I'm playing the way I want to.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

I am harder on myself than anyone else could be.

Every day, you have to prove yourself and convince - move forward and challenge yourself. And doubt all the time.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

I always said to myself that the minute I thought I'd slipped, and not be the player I wanted to be, it was time for me to go.

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

Sometimes I get frustrated with my own self because I'm such a perfectionist.

When I'm feeling comfortable at home, confident in my day-to-day, being healthy and being the best person I can be, MMA is easy.

I am tough on myself. It's just how I am. I hold myself to a standard.

For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you'll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you'll have a bad day where you're really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?'

No one puts more pressure on themselves than me as far as an individual thing.

I'll never give myself an A since I ask a lot from myself.

I try not to feel pressure, because I feel like it kind of throws you off. I always try to focus on myself. But it does kind of creep into the back of my mind.

It's not me feeling pressure, it's just me putting pressure on myself if I don't do my best, and I know I can do better.

I feel like I put pressure on myself to perform well and to play well and to do well. That's what I expect of myself. It's not always going to happen, but I can certainly sort of put myself in the position where I can get the best out of myself.

What I was doing wasn't good enough. It was good enough up until I met someone who was doing it properly - someone who was stronger than me and in better mental and physical condition than I was.