Charles Schwab Quotes

Competition is the best form of motivation.

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

The biggest motivation for me is my desire to be the best.

It's important to be successful, and not just because there is competition, but also because it leads to better work for you.

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.

I just want to be great. I want to stand out, be a great leader for this defense, and I'm just trying to leave it all out on the field.

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

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest thing possible. Because there's always somebody behind you who really wants to do what you're doing. And they're going to work harder than you if you're not working hard.

There's competition in every field, and that's healthy. It makes you work harder and be your best. Competition, not in terms of money or number of projects, but in the quality of your work, is very healthy.

I always thought records were there to be broken.

Competition is all in numbers; it's a numbers game, but I looked at it like it's a passion, and it's art.

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.

With competition everyone has to try harder.

I have to work harder than what I am now to make sure that I stay on top of this and stay on top of the world and be competitive in major championships.

We're all trying to catch up with Beyonce. We're all running a race, and Beyonce is up there, and we're all just trying to run and get there. That's my motivation.

I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

Competition brings out the best.

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.

That's what this game is about, man. Wanting to perform. Wanting to win.