Charlize Theron Quotes

You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.

Today, you expand or you are expendable.

I know competition is there, and it can come my way by new, fresh faces that are around or are coming up. It pushes me to work hard. I know if I don't work hard, I will be left behind. So, I continue to work hard.

It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

It's always imperative to improve and to remain dynamic - or you'll become lunch, as opposed to serving it.

Everybody's career has ups and downs. I like to take chances; I don't like to stand still. And I don't give a damn what the market is interested in; I want to try things.

You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.

You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard.

My dad always taught me to never be satisfied: to want more and know that what is done is done. That was his way of seeing the game. You've done it, now move on. People might say, 'Well, when can you enjoy it?' But it worked for me because, in the game, you need to be on your toes.

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

When you've dealt with real-life issues, dealing with business issues is not that hard.

On every job you do, you've got to raise your game. My ambition is to just get better and better every job you do - you should never stop trying to get better. You have to teach yourself new things - I don't think you necessarily learn them from other people because you have your own style of doing things, but hopefully you get better.

The best businesspeople have a hunger to make their todays better than their yesterdays. They have a staggeringly large appetite for pushing the envelope.

I'm never going to be in a comfort zone. I always want to be a better player, person. I want to help my team get the goals that we are aiming for.

I think with racing, you never stop improving. If you want to improve, you will.

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

As your competitors learn more, you'll need to learn, too.

I went 59.9 sec. when I was 18 and thought, 'Hmm, that was fast - let's see how much faster we can go and what the rest of the world can do to keep up.'

When you think you've made it, you need to keep pushing because the person next to you or your competitor is also getting better, and you need to be able to stay ahead.

You either grow with this sport, or you get left behind. It's sad, but it is what it is. You gotta keep up with this sport.

I never get complacent with anything.

That's one thing I never wanted to do in basketball is get comfortable.

You never really get a chance to sit back and look at where you are or what you've done. If you stop working, you're gonna get overtaken quickly. You can't really take your foot off the gas - until you decide to pack it in.

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.

The only thing I can expect from myself is to learn from each competition and improve.