SZA Quotes

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me, the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating.

I think every time you go to do something, it's a challenge. Somebody said to me, 'You've done it all. If you could do anything right now, what would you do?' I said, 'I'd do everything I did better.'

I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of inadequacy. But this is not anxiety without a purpose. No, this anxiety keeps me humble. It creates a healthy tension that serves as the catalyst that drives me to fulfill my limited potential.

Being an actor, you go through this thing where you want to be the best, and I think, in life in general, you go through this thing where you want to be the best always, constantly.

I just wanted to keep getting better and better and better, and that's just my mindset.

I've been a guy who's never really been satisfied. Work hard, try to figure out ways to improve, try to figure out ways to sustain a certain level of play.

A lot of what keeps me going is wanting to be better, thinking I'm not good enough.

Every time I do something in life, I try to outdo myself.

I was the World Champ, but I should be better.

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

If you think you can do better, then do better. Don't compete with anyone; just yourself.

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

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.

I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

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

I like to challenge myself.

I've zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself.

We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.

I always want to grow and top myself.

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.