Yngwie Malmsteen Quotes

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.

You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!

I always want to do the best I can.

I have always pushed myself. I have never settled for anything less than the best that I could give.

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.

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

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.

I want to be known as trying to be one of the best of the best - whether I get there or not, it's up to opinion.

I always compare myself to the best.

A sprinter is never satisfied; otherwise, he is not a sprinter.

I'm the type of person that always strives to be great.

I set really high expectations.

I was the World Champ, but I should be better.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough.

I'm never satisfied. I always want to achieve more.

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

We strivin' for perfection.

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that, I'll have to accept.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

High expectations are the key to everything.

You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.

My father always said, 'I don't care if you're a ditch digger, as long as you're the best ditch digger in the world.'

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.