Clive Owen Quotes

I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.

I have always wanted to outdo myself, be it films or shows.

I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.

I'm competitive with myself, but not with other people. I set goals for myself. I don't really care about winning or losing as long as I do my best.

My ambition comes from my passion: finding what I love and then expanding on that.

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.

I talk often about being intrinsically motivated by learning. It's the primary driver of most of my activity.

I'm hugely intrinsically motivated and have always believed that I'm fueled and motivated by learning.

I'm competitive with myself.

My confidence came from always needing to compete.

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

I think the greatest demand actually comes from within, not from outside.

I don't compete with other people in the industry, I compete with 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.

Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition.

It's something you have to find from within. You have to keep pushing yourself from within. It's not about what other people think and what other people say. It's about what you want to accomplish and do you want to go out there and be prepared to beat everyone you play or face.

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

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

I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's when I realized that I could actually go away.

You can look for external sources of motivation and that can catalyze a change, but it won't sustain one. It has to be from an internal desire.

I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.