Tony Gonzalez Quotes

I always thought records were there to be broken.

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.

Records are made to be broken.

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

It's good to break records, I love it.

People in athletics thrive on competition. That's what makes you better.

That's what this game is about: for records to be broken.

Records are made to be broken.

I wanted to be a world champion.

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.

When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.

I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.

My goal in Korea is to win. There's no timetable when to set the American record.

I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.

I think sometimes I guess you see records, say you want to get there and use that as motivation. In a way, it's kind of cool if there is a possibility to rewrite history and be up there with the greats of Olympic history.

We're all trying so hard to win each of these World Series events and the standard now is phenomenal but it's great that everyone's pushing each other.

Being able to compete against the best, having success against the best, and to be included with the best - that's something I really relished whenever I got on the court.

I want to win every game.

Anyone who's good on any week, makes you want to go out there and beat 'em.

Hopefully I can be one of the best midfielders in the world. That's what drives me on: to try and achieve that and to try and go on and win many things.

I think that is when guys are at their best: when you put pressure and have something to work towards and have something to compare yourself to or try to best them, it really does make you better.

I think since I've been like a kid, I love to compete.

My challenge is to win every match I play.

The most important thing is winning, not breaking the world record.

I don't look at it like I've had a lot of success. I'm always hungry to do more, break records, and things of that sort.