Carly Patterson Quotes

I am so not a pageant girl, but I signed up for the Miss Junior Florida contest because I thought it would be good experience.

It is normal that when results are better, self-esteem grows, and improving things becomes more easier.

A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to write a novel might resolve to write one sentence each day. Or a person who wants to start running might resolve to run for one minute.

I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers.

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.

When you compete with good people, it makes everybody better.

I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

Once I serve well, my whole game goes up.

I've learned how to deal with pressure more. I'm still trying to achieve more in my game and add more to it. I feel like I'm still learning every day, and I want to keep on improving.

When you continue to perform, your confidence level increases dramatically.

My confidence has been really building since my time at Espanyol.

I want to see myself in a situation where guys want to grow, guys want to get better.

I'm always looking to improve as a player and it's very pleasing when you see those improvements.

If you can do your thing on a big stage, it helps, but then to do it against guys that are older than you still gives me confidence that all the hard work I'm putting in is really working and I just got to keep getting better.

Every time you learn you can do something, you can go a little bit faster next time.

For me, there is a lot of room for improvement and there are a lot of things I would like to be better at.

John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.

The Girl Scouts is an organization that constantly gives you new goals to achieve and that's what life is all about.

I am growing and learning. There's so much more that I want to accomplish and do. I'm gonna do it at whatever pace it happens. I'm not trying to rush anything or slow anything down.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.

I actually think I play better now than I've ever played.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

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

I'm motivated by very small successes.

I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.