George Brett Quotes

My dad was very critical and had very high expectations without a lot of the details filled in. It was, 'I expect you to achieve greatness in grades, in athletics, in whatever you do.'

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.

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

The self-surmounter can never put up with the man who has ceased to be dissatisfied with himself.

I want to do more. I'm never satisfied with what I've done.

If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.

I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'

I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature.

I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that better?' Part of my motivation is from crippling self-doubt - I have got to prove myself wrong.

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

I've never really been satisfied with a book. I always want it to be better.

I don't have a single complete show or movie or anything else that I could look at and say, 'Nailed that one.' But endless dissatisfaction is, I suppose, what gets us out of bed in the morning.

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it.

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life.

I always want to do the best I can.

My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn't born with shiny things.

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

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 my hardest critic because I know what I can do and I strive to be as perfect as I can be even though I know it's not possible.

Especially with someone like me, my family know how much I push myself to the absolute limit.

I am very demanding of myself.

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

My dad always pushes me, tries to make me do better, and maybe that's what gets the best out of me. He's tried to instil that in me.