Iman Shumpert Quotes

I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

I think you need to have people around you whose standard is high and who don't accept anything less.

I'm one of those people where, the more responsibility I have, the better I become. The more I rise up to it. The less responsibility I have, the more I can easily devolve.

My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.

I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.

I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

That has been the concept to my life - setting very high objectives and trying to fulfil them.

I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life.

If I put a statement about being the best interviewer into the universe, I must now live up to it, or at least be held accountable for it. Either way, I'm going to work that much harder.

I'm always confident, always expect high expectations for myself.

I respect myself. I have very high expectations for myself.

We put pressure on ourselves because we want to be so great; we want to be the best team possible that we can be.

My dad always pushes me, tries to make me do better, and maybe that's what gets the best out of me. He's tried to instil that in me.

You always have to keep setting the bar for yourself.

I have something to prove every year.

I demand a lot of myself. I want to learn. I can't sit back. I like a challenge, so I create a lot of challenges for myself.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

You just go out and compete and try to earn whatever you can. I'm looking to get better every single day I set foot on this field.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge.

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

I believed and still believe that success is only part of the story. It makes you want to get better and better so as not to let yourself down and not to let the people down who like what you do and you don't waste your success.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

I always want to give more than I gave yesterday.