Julen Lopetegui Quotes

The only one who can beat me is me.

We can't focus too much on the opponent, we have to focus on ourselves.

I focus on myself, that's how I beat Wladimir Klitschko.

The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.

You have to go out there and focus on yourself and not who you are up against.

So I don't really focus too much on that, and I think it's dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you're not going to be doing a really quality job yourself.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

I don't lack confidence. I don't sweat. I don't want to get too Zen on you, but I have to run my own race.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself.

I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set: 'No one can challenge me better than myself.'

I have an ability that I've already honed in on to get better.

You have to work on your own thing. You have to work on yourself, and you have to bring something to the game.

I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don't really get too stressed out about what people say or what other people think. In fact, it's not on my radar at all. If there's anything negative, I don't want to know about it. I just do my own thing and get on with my life.

If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition was myself. There's only so much you can do, right? There is only so much energy that one has. My focus was on how do I get the best out of myself.

I think what I can do is to focus more on what I'm good at and see if I can improve on these positive qualities so that I can continue on the path I'm on now.

I train as smart as I can. I'm not concerned what others think. I do what works for me.

I can't worry about external factors, I have to focus on myself.

My biggest mentor is myself, I've always felt.

I prepare myself to fight; I prepare myself for myself.

I have many aspects of my game I need to improve, and that's what I am focusing on. I prefer not to say what they are in public - for me, it's a secret, and I just want to work hard.

I think that you're only going to get better if you take time to better yourself, not because someone says you should get better.

I just kind of try to go out and focus on what I've got to do to get myself better.