Shigeru Miyamoto Quotes

I do think you can't be as good as the person next to you to play: you have to be better.

Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.

You can always get bigger, faster, stronger. I don't have any choice. I have to.

This is to LeBron James: If you want to be the best, get rid of the comparisons. Get rid of all the comparisons that are out there. That's what Michael Jordan did.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

I grew up in a family that played golf, and my brother was much better than me, so I kind of put that aside. I had to be good at something other than golf.

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

When you are small, and you have to try and prove yourself, it is tough. When others are catching up and copy you, that's tough. We constantly need to change ourselves to stay ahead of the game.

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.

I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I've done.

So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others.

Every time you go for more competition, some people don’t like it, but that’s the way it is. We believe it is better for the people.

I like to be good. I like being good at things. I wish that was valued instead of me being 'better' than another woman who also writes things and makes movies.

You're not gonna do what we do better than we do it. Even if you're doing what we do, you're not gonna do it better. I'm absolutely convinced of that.

I like being pushed.

You always have some weaknesses, if you're entirely happy it means you're under-driving it.

I do not feel like I am on par with Messi and Ronaldo yet. I need to win trophies to match them. I try to help my team and country as good as possible to do just that.

We're going to have to work. We're going to have to play well. Nothing will be given to us.

Benchmarking is an ongoing exercise in any company that aspires for leadership.

We just want to outdo ourselves every time we come back somewhere.

You enjoy that as a player, though, going up against the best, just try and see how you stack up.

I measure myself against everybody, not just the shooting guards.

I think any fight you get into, you've got to shine and show that you deserve to be up there.

I try not to pay attention to talk of comparisons. I only want to focus on myself. It is good to hear that people are talking like that, but the truth is I am not at Cruyff's level of talent, and I never will be, so it is not something I think about.