Tom Lehman Quotes

The only pressure I feel is the pressure I put on myself to win.

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

I'm never satisfied with my performance. I want to keep pushing myself. The great thing about being an actor is you're always learning. That's what excites me about the job and what continues to drive me.

I still have a lot to learn, and I still have a lot to prove.

The only one I feel pressure from is myself to go and give my all for every match and, obviously, I'm a competitor.

You can't win every game, so I've just got to get back to work and get better next week.

You need to be competitive, but a lot of that you can internalize and use that as motivation to drive you. You do not need to show it all the time.

I like to be in the room with players that are better than me. That's always a good place to be.

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process.

I come from playing sports. I compete, so I gotta be better than I was last year. I gotta get better, and that better gotta come from just growing. From learning new stuff to working on it, experience it in life, and failing.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true.

That's what makes me keep playing every day is the fact that I'm not quite there, you know. There's always more for me to be able to do.

I'm happy with what I've done but it's a challenge to try to win more.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

It's always good to play tennis with a better player to bring out the best in you.

I'm going to get better and better. You never stop learning in this game.

In training, you can push yourself to the limit and test yourself against the best players in the world. That is when the pressure is really on, and they are the moments when you either improve, or you don't.

I'm a sportsman who has competition in my blood, and I am not interested in money.

It's always fun to play against the best players. That's how you improve yourself.

You have to keep trying to get better.

My challenge is to win every match I play.