Mookie Betts Quotes

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

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

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.

My mom says I was an introvert. I never saw myself that way, but I was always focused. I didn't spend a lot of time doing things that I didn't think would make me great.

I'm never happy with my performances. I always want to prove more and more things.

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

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

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.

Don't waste a moment of energy looking around at what other people are doing.

I think we all have demons, but my demons aren't that bad. They're productive demons. They keep me focused on the man I want to be and the life I want to live.

The people who work with me know how focused I am, and so I would advise people who are not concerned with me to rather focus on themselves instead of focusing on my focus.

I'll never get complacent. I am my own toughest critic.

A lot of what keeps me going is wanting to be better, thinking I'm not good enough.

I was the World Champ, but I should be better.

I am obsessed with improving.

I don't feel like congratulating myself, because I know there's still a lot of room for improvement.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.

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.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

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

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.

I never really do the New Year's Resolution thing. I kind of just try to stay focused, not get too distracted, and do the best I can. And that's something I like to tell myself every year around New Year's.