Retta Quotes

The key to my motivation has always been to look at how far I had still to go rather than how far I had come.

I want to go higher in my career. This is not my best. My best is yet to come.

I'm always looking forward, and I try to continue to push myself and to do the best that I can.

I'm more interested in where I'll be in five or 10 years than where I am now.

Imagine if I'd said, 'I have to be the best actress - I want that and nothing else.' I never would have directed. I never would have produced. I never would have done a beauty line. I would have just worried about getting a job or been frustrated that I wasn't getting the job that I wanted. I was ready to be a businesswoman.

I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope.

Oh, I must be ambitious, mustn't I? I'm sure I always have been. I think you can only get away with pretending you're not for so long. After that, it becomes ridiculous.

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.

When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, then I don't have it, but at least I'm going to put myself out there. If I fail, I'm going to fail terrifically.

I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.

If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.

I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.

I love to challenge myself.

Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

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.

Every job I do, I feel like it is an amazing opportunity. I try to throw myself into every role with everything I have.

I always want to do better; I always want to find a new challenge.

The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.

The only thing that motivates me is to become better.

I love challenging myself; it's what keeps me going.

I want to push myself.

I just want to challenge myself all the time.

For most of my career, I've known what it's like to be in the audience and to enjoy what I'm seeing but still have the ambition to say, 'I can do that, I know I can do that. And I want to do that, and I can't wait for that to happen.'

It's nice to be able to do more and to always challenge myself.

You've got to do what's best for you and what you want to accomplish in your career.