Juan Manuel Santos Quotes

For me, it is important to do well in what I'm doing, to achieve the goals I have for myself.

I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.

We put pressure on ourselves because we want to be so great; we want to be the best team possible that we can be.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

If you score 20 goals one season, then you have to promise yourself that in the following season you will get 25.

If ambition is the desire to be the best at what you do, then I'm guilty.

Set high standards and few limitations for yourself.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

I kind of lived by the code of 'I'm going to be a hard-working guy.' And no matter how successful, there is something I can do better. That's kind of the drive I live on.

I always have high expectations for me.

My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.

Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.

I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

I would just say that I have high expecations for myself.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals.

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

For me, I just set little goals for myself and stay on that kind of track and surround myself with positive people along with my teammates. I just kind of have my goals and my dreams, and this is something that we've all been working for our entire lives, so it is kind of easy to wake up and want to better myself every day towards that goal.

I always had the energy to learn new things and achieve more.

I have said countless times high performance people are never satisfied with what they do or how they do it! Hence, I am always endeavouring to improve.

I set some lofty goals for myself and I think you have to.