Kelley Armstrong Quotes

You need someone who is going to help you make that better version of yourself.

Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.

Find a group of friends that are going to push you and want you to do better whether it's in the classroom or on the court.

I think you need to have people around you whose standard is high and who don't accept anything less.

It's all about progression, not getting stuck and about having aspirations, which can lead you to do more and not just be satisfied. I was always that way about my dancing, and that's how I am about whatever it is I tend to pursue.

One of the widest gaps in human experience is the gap between what we say we want to be and our willingness to discipline ourselves to get there.

We have to always set an aspiration for ourselves and then strive to get there.

I have a lot of things to work on, a lot of things to get better at, which is good.

Nothing bad can happen if you train your butt off and make the right decisions and surround yourself with the right people.

I'm inspired on a daily basis by my personal goals. I make it a habit to write down what it is that I want to accomplish. And I check that list. I keep myself accountable. My kids inspire me, of course. My ambition inspires me. I want to win at everything that I do in life. I understand that it takes hard work to reach my goals and I'm prepared to do it. My confidence comes from preparation. So I spend a lot of my time preparing.

I don't know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can. I never was like that as a kid.

How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.

I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.

I want to learn and challenge myself and grow.

Always do your best.

Just keep challenging yourself. I think that's a great thing.

As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.

I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.