Christoph Martin Wieland Quotes

I can't permit myself to do things halfway; I never was like that.

If you aren't going to do something all the way, don't do it.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

I've always, for whatever my faults have been, felt like I've never done anything halfway.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

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

What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail off, and he knows his stuff.

I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything.

I'm about being the best.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

If you want to win, you come to play; I don't come to half-step. If you think that you're No. 2 out there, then you won't be nothing. You can't have that. You have to be No. 1. That's the thing.

I remember hearing Will Smith, back when he was just a rapper, saying, 'When all the other rap stars are in bed, I'm practicing my rapping.' I try to be like that. There is always something to improve.

I get up in the morning and get to bed at night, and between, I bring equivalent dedication to everything I do, with a horror of the inaccurate and the half-baked.

Whatever I do, I always want to give my best.

I always want to work hard and show to everyone that I am the best.

I want each experience on the ice to be everything I have.

If you don't have that ambition you start to be sloppy and that is not what I like to be.

Whatever I turn my hand to, I put in the effort to be the best.

I think - whether it's music, literature, sport, art, whatever you want - there's nobody who can stop us if we only apply ourselves with the singular objective of being the best in the world.

Whenever I start something, I will always do everything I can to be the best at it.