Alastair Cook Quotes

You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.

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

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

I look forward to proving something to myself and others.

Sometimes I amaze even myself.

I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

The true success is the person who invented himself.

I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.

Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.

I want to be a better person in every aspect. I really don't feel I've in anyway fulfilled my potential in every area of my life. But I'm optimistic.

I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?'

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

Today, I'm very happy about myself, because I realized my dreams. I learned how to understand what people want.

For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That's where you set your goal.

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

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

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

I know the person I am, and I know the person I can be.

I'll do everything I can to reach my potential.

I think self-discovery is the greatest achievement in life, because once you discover yourself and accept what you are, then you can fulfil your true potential and be happy.

That's the type of person I am - I always want to do better.

I'm trying to get the best out of myself.

I've been progressing as a player and as a person.