Rafer Johnson Quotes

I want to get as good as I can possibly be.

My ambition is to be the best I can be.

I don't teach kids to be No. 1. Organizations and people that tell you you have to be No. 1; that's not it. You don't have to be No. 1. What I teach is to be as good as you can be. Use what you have and be as good as you can be. That's all you can do, anyway.

You all have the potential to be what you wanna be.

You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

The true success is the person who invented himself.

I always want to grow and top myself.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.

I'm not maximized yet.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

I only want to be the best that I can be.

I don't like to use the word 'legacy' because it sounds a bit like I'm full of myself, but I am trying to see how far I can take myself, how far I can push being the best in the world.

Winning and losing isn't what's important. The attempt at success and getting to your best self is what matters.

I just think there's more I can do in this game.

I was never going to be the best player the world has ever seen but one thing I can be proud of is that I genuinely believe I have become the best player that I could have become.

With discipline, belief, and the right knowledge, we become the best we can be.

We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

I've always been a person who thinks it's really important to better themselves.

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.

I just want to be the best Carly Rae I can be.

It's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid. It's about people, and about life.

I want to reach my full potential.

I always wanted to be the best and to get the most out of myself.