Elizabeth Banks Quotes

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess

It's always about wanting to one-up myself from the day before. There's never an absolute 100% perfect performance, but going out and striving for that perfect performance is what keeps me going.

I love to be challenged, and I'm never sitting comfortable in the mediocrity chair.

I just want to do something challenging.

I like to see a driven kid: somebody who wants to come from the ground up. I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.

I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.

I know what I need to work on; I know my weaknesses, but I have that work ethic to improve every day. I have that want to be the best player at my position, and I have the belief in myself that one day that will come true.

I want to do the best and be the best at what I do.

I'm always looking for challenges.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

You have to surpass the levels of success that you have already achieved, and that's the challenge. But, it's a welcome challenge. I appreciate it because it brings the best out of me.

I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

My will is to always be better and better and better. I've got the will to want to be the best.

I always said I wanted to be the best at what I could do. I feel like I can improve.

Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself short by thinking that you'll fail.

Do your best, and be a little better than you are.

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.

Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.

I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard.

I'm working to be the best - the very best. There are a lot of people in this industry, and I'm trying to be the best. I'm working to affect history in a positive way.

Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

If you're going to be a winner in life, you have to constantly go beyond your best.

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.