Dolph Ziggler Quotes

I've always put pressure on myself to perform well.

I always want to improve, and I am never satisfied with my performance.

I like pushing myself, and usually if I'm not good at something I just won't do it because I'm a perfectionist.

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

My mum has always said I am too hard on myself. But I have always been like that and it has always helped me. After matches I focus only on what I did wrong. Never what I did well.

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

I'll never give myself an A since I ask a lot from myself.

I feel like I need to improve in every area. That might shock people, but I'm never satisfied with my game.

I think the only expectation is that I put on myself to do everything right and to put myself in a position to perform as best that I can.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

I'm a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.

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.

My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.

I expect perfection from myself.

I always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be. I work hard, I push myself hard, and I probably even expect too much of myself.

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.

I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.

I have this desire to keep improving, so I find fault.

I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

You're always looking where you could do better.

I like to challenge myself, to compare myself against the best.

I'm my hardest critic because I know what I can do and I strive to be as perfect as I can be even though I know it's not possible.

I don't think I can be perfect, but I think I can be close to perfect if I continue to prepare and continue to do everything in my power to be the best version of myself.