Lee Haney Quotes

I don't like messing up. I think that's just a part of my personality. I don't like to mess up or do anything wrong. When I'm in gymnastics, I like to see my hit percent as high as possible.

I think that there's the self-imposed pressure to come up with something that's good. For guys like us, that's much more important than any external pressure could really be.

I'm a perfectionist, which is bad at times but very good at other times.

If I'm not the best D-lineman, it's not good enough for me.

I don't play to be mediocre.

I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.

I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.

I expect perfection from myself.

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'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

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

I am a perfectionist. It has always been this way.

It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.

I love to have the pressure of having to win every game, love the pressure of keeping clean sheets every game, no matter if we're 5-0 or 6-0 up.

I am a perfectionist, and I set high standards.

During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show.

Unless I can do myself justice and play well, I'm not going to play.

If doing something with second-rate effort satisfies you, find something else to do - where only your best effort will satisfy you personally.

It's hard to get me to even say I played good. That's just in me. I'm just never satisfied. A lot of my friends get annoyed by it.

I have extremely high standards.

Personally, I take it really seriously and it bothers me when I don't play well.

Anything less than gold is a failure to me. It's extreme pressure, but I hold myself to a high standard.