Tyra Banks Quotes

I'm in competition only with myself, and I always want to push the envelope.

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

I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.

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 am not competing with anyone. I am competing with myself. When I wake up every day I am only worried about how I can better myself.

I always feel that I compete with myself.

I can be very competitive, but I mainly want to challenge myself.

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

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?

Instead of wanting to be better than other people, let's channel that energy to be better than we were yesterday and then again to be the best we can be tomorrow.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

My biggest competition is me.

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.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

I am not in competition with my peers; I am in competition with myself.

I don't feel competitive toward other actors. I'm competitive with myself.

We all understand that this isn't about me beating you and you beating me. It's about each individual competing against himself.

We are competing against ourselves.

What you do is you're using the other competitors to push yourself, because it's so hard to push yourself.

I would not be who I am if I were not putting pressure on me to up the level of my game further.

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

I always like to put myself under pressure to improve more.

To keep winning, I have to constantly outdo myself.

Sometimes I try to beat other people's achievements but on many occasions I find it's better to beat my own achievements. That can give me more satisfaction. I don't feel happy if I am comfortable. Something inside me pushes me when I get comfortable. It makes me go farther and I want to keep pushing.

Lance Armstrong pushes the envelope in terms of the human experience. You can have a personal best, you can push your own envelope. For Lance, the person pushing him is him. The only person he's competing with, I think, is himself. To push that limit to the next step. There's a lot to learn from him. Lots.