B. J. Armstrong Quotes

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.

I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.

I enjoyed my 15 years at the top, and now I enjoy watching the current crop. What I did, maybe they can't do, and what they do, perhaps I couldn't do. It's like that. I wanted to simply be the best. On a professional level, I wanted to be No. 1, and I worked hard to be that.

You can't focus on other people's careers. Everybody is different.

I would not be who I am if I were not putting pressure on me to up the level of my game further.

You can always get bigger, faster, stronger. I don't have any choice. I have to.

I want to win, and I know I'm supposed to win, but I think the biggest thing for me is I have to do the best job I can do but then also enjoy it.

Pressure brings out the best in me. It's the only way to keep improving: putting a bit of pressure on yourself.

I'm focused on being the best, making history.

I want to leave a legacy, but to do that, I need to be on my best game.

I want to leave a legacy behind. I want the chance to measure myself against the top guys and to have them bring out that champion within me in the Octagon.

I don't really compare myself to anybody but just try to be the best I can be.

We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.

There is only one person with whom to compete and that is yourself. Keep aiming to surpass your own best performance and ever strive to reach higher levels.

My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.

Do a good job. You don't have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work - then try to trump it.

It frustrates me about myself when I see I'm not taking the road that demands more of me.

There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more.

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.

Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it.

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.

I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a lot of games.

Champions are not the ones who always win races - champions are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind. They are devoted. They compete to best themselves as much if not more than they compete to best others. Champions are not just athletes.

I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I've done.