James McGreevey Quotes

I'm such a perfectionist. I want to do better and better.

I'm very critical of myself and I know the levels I want to achieve so I'm very hard on myself. So the staff and players are very hard on me as well, which is what I want as I want to get to as high a level as possible.

Since I was little, I've always put a lot of pressure on myself.

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.

It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.

I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.

When I try to be perfect, it makes me not have fun.

The pressure is self-imposed because I always want to do excellent work, and I always want to be interesting to people watching me.

I want to be perfect. I don't want to fail. And you always fail.

Not many people are really that meticulous with what they do, I suppose, but I'm just a control freak and terribly afraid of failure or regret. I work very hard on these things.

I think it's because I'm so hard on myself that I can push myself this far.

I've always been hard on myself, so I expect so much out of myself that that pressure can be inspiring at time.

I had to play for a soccer team, I had to be an athlete, I had to make straight As. I was very hard on myself, and it paid off now.

I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.

I put a lot of pressure on myself.

I used to focus so much on winning. I used to be such a perfectionist.

I am very demanding of myself.

I'm very demanding of myself.

I struggle with perfection.

I put so much pressure on myself. I'm my toughest critic. I always push myself to go harder than I did last time.

I put a lot of pressure on myself to be the best.

People - myself included - expect a certain standard from me. I always have to elaborate or improve on my playing. My success hasn't made me at all laid-back. That relentless drive is still there.

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.

The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.