Eddie McClintock Quotes

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.

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

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 about being the best.

I always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be. I work hard, I push myself hard, and I probably even expect too much of myself.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

I'm very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do, and if that turns you into a perfectionist, then maybe I am.

If you're going to do something, you're going to do it to be the best.

I always want to do the best I can.

I have always pushed myself. I have never settled for anything less than the best that I could give.

We expect nothing but greatness from ourselves.

People - myself included - expect a certain standard from me. I always have to elaborate or improve on my playing. My success hasn't made me at all laid-back. That relentless drive is still there.

If you're working, and you're not trying to be great, give up.

I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.

I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

I was a brilliant student. I always try to be the best.

I always want to be the best and if I can't, I don't want to run.

Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're trying to be the best you can possibly be, then you'll be putting that pressure on yourself.

My goal is to be the best TV presenter, the best entertainer, the best singer. I still want to be the best dancer. I want to be the best at everything I do.

I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can.

I don't think anybody's goal is to be mediocre. I think everybody should want to be the best. I've always felt that way. I want to be at the best at everything I do.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.