I come to spring training and just try to do my job, try to do the best I can. That's all any player can do.
Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
Records are meant to be broken, I guess.
I can't be a savior. But I can be the best I can be.
I beat Olympians.
I feel like my biggest competition is myself. A lot of kids get caught up in the comparing game - comparing themselves with Michael Jackson, comparing themselves with Michael Jordan. You gotta be your best. You gotta overcome your own fears.
When you feel like you are performing at your best, it's a beautiful feeling.
The best competition I have is against myself to become better
I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing that I could do better, I wasn't going to be very satisfied.
Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.
I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.
I used to run a full marathon in three hours and 25 or 26 minutes. Not any more.
I've never believed in competition. Everyone's here to do their own thing and become successful in that respect.
In 1959 I had broken the bench press record by lifting 565 pounds, and I could lift 715 pounds from a squat.
The way I played, Tottenham was the best phase of my career. It's always a warm feeling when I think back.
When I play my hardest, I feel like I'm one of the best on the floor.
My biggest competition is always myself. I mean no disrespect, but I do not look at any of the guys as being my competition for the simple reason that I can't control how they're going to look. I can only control how I look.
I never competed against athletes. I competed against perfection.
I am extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as he was my childhood hero and I have always looked up to him.
That's what I work for every day: training and playing to the maximum, trying to do the best I can.
I've been playing this position since I was about 9 years old. For me, it's just, 'Come out here and be the best quarterback I can be.'
I play this game to be the best tight end I can possibly be and win as many football games as I possibly can.
At most contests now, skaters are judged against themselves.
I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
