Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.

I will not settle to become No. 2. Ever since I was a child, even before coming here to the Philippines, I've always believed in doing my best.

The difficult thing for me is that I want basically to be a good man. That's what I want to be.

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.

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

What I want is to be number one.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.

Maybe it was the challenge of flight, the opportunity to fly, the competition of summer camp and the inspiration and discipline of West Point. I think all of those things helped me to develop a dedication and inspired me to get ahead.

You just go out and compete and try to earn whatever you can. I'm looking to get better every single day I set foot on this field.

Money doesn't transform a person - the only thing that can is love.

Great people have great values and great ethics.

I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope.

You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people.

I always want to give more than I gave yesterday.

In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.

I think competition is very important; it breeds many good things in a person.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

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 think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

For me, competition is good; that is what keeps me on my toes and keeps me going. I am always trying to better my own work, do better than my earlier films... do films that are challenging and exciting for me.

I want players who are always striving to improve.