Sylvie Guillem Quotes

I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen.

Whether you're playing sports, starting a business or anything else in life, you need to identify your talents. Your responsibility is to find what you do better than anyone else. Once you identify what that is, you need to put yourself in the best position to succeed.

I want to win, and I know I'm supposed to win, but I think the biggest thing for me is I have to do the best job I can do but then also enjoy it.

I do not play for money. I want to play the game to the best of my ability. If I do that everything will follow.

I'm honored to be compared to some great running backs, but I try to block that out and be myself.

I want to prove to myself and everybody else how good I can be, and I'm willing to work as hard as I need to to achieve that goal.

Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.

Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

But it is only through constant, faithful endeavor by the girl herself that the goal eventually is reached.

Do whatever interests you the most. Passion breeds success.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.

I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.

The easiest thing in the world is to succeed. You can't help it if you follow the rules and play the game the best way you know how according to yourself, instead of according to the one next to you, or above you, or somewhere away from you.

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.

The only way that I can do better than someone else, maybe they're better at something else, but they'll never beat me at work.

I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.

To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true.

Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven't yet put the work in to develop them.