Kerry Washington Quotes

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

I want to be a better person in every aspect. I really don't feel I've in anyway fulfilled my potential in every area of my life. But I'm optimistic.

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.

For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That's where you set your goal.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

I think you've gotta believe in yourself, I think you gotta put in a lot of work off the court to make sure you're ready.

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 if you want to prove something to yourself and not fail there's only one choice and that's to work.

I find little things that drive me sometimes, but again, I'm already a driven person, and just because I strive for perfection on a personal level and don't really care what other people say or do. I just want to be the best I can be, so that drives me enough.

You don't know what your abilities are until you make a full commitment to developing them.

I don't need to be told what I am or what I should do or if I beat this guy it means I'm good or if I lose to that guy it means I'm bad. I'm at peace with myself, and I know what I do every day in my training will speak for itself, and success will be a byproduct.

You have to believe in your dreams every day, work hard in training, and - above all - listen to the advice of the manager and your parents.

I push myself as hard as I can every day so I can achieve my goals and so I feel I have nothing to regret later on after my career.

I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport.

If, at the end of the day, you cannot answer 'yes' to the question, 'Did I do everything I could today to achieve my dream?' then you must adjust.

I'm just going to keep pushing and try and be the best of version that I can be of me.

You have to make every day count toward your dream.

There won't be a day when I stop working to be a better version of myself, so I'm going to keep working and I will get better.

I try to get better in every aspect of my life, not just on the football field. I am competitive, and I just want to always get better.

If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want.

Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.

Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.

In my second year in Los Angeles, when I was eighteen, I wasn't getting any bookings, so I stopped going out, stopped partying. It was a matter of getting to the work. I had to focus.