Tyler Joseph Quotes

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

I am the type where I don't worry about anything else but how to top what I did yesterday. My main goal is to top what I did before.

I do think you can't be as good as the person next to you to play: you have to be better.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

I want to challenge myself with each project.

I want to constantly do better than my last film.

If you're just trying to get by, you're going to be left behind. The caliber of shows I'm on are incredible, and it makes me just want to raise that bar even more.

It's always about wanting to one-up myself from the day before. There's never an absolute 100% perfect performance, but going out and striving for that perfect performance is what keeps me going.

Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

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.

You can always be a little bit better.

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.

I just want to keep challenging myself. Keep moving the goalposts and raising my game.

I always think people who stretch themselves are interesting. That's something to admire, isn't it?

I always try to do better than I have before, so I think it would be good to break the world record.

For me, it's always been about continually challenging myself and continually figuring out how to go down the hill faster.

There is always room for improvement even if you're getting 110 averages.

That's the state of mind I have - I always want to be better.

Every time we record, and every time we go out live, we try and beat what we've already done.

You need to always try to find new challenges.

Every time I do something in life, I try to outdo myself.

I want to do new things, and I want to do more 200s than 100s.

You should always want more. If you get comfortable with what you have done, you can never go to that next level.

You're always becoming; you've never arrived. And I use that day by day just for me to work hard each and every day, and know that no matter how good I worked out today, no matter how good I thought I was today, I can always get better and always be a better person.

I think it's the way I'm wired, the way I'm built. I want to improve. If you're not improving, someone's passing.