Self-Challenge Quotes

I love to do something that's challenging to myself, and just to see the success, it makes me go harder and harder the next time.

Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.

I have always wanted to outdo myself, be it films or shows.

I don't care about the image I have. What matters to me is that with every film, I am growing more and more as an actor, pushing and challenging myself.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

What you do is you're using the other competitors to push yourself, because it's so hard to push yourself.

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

I'm in competition only with myself, and I always want to push the envelope.

You really have to challenge yourself to come out of those parameters that they put you in, even if that's your job.

I'm competitive with myself.

I am not the one who has to try to beat me.

I like to put myself in the most uncomfortable position.

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are.

I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe.

I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself.

I try to challenge myself, each week, to do something that is a little different or something maybe a little more exciting or personalized.

I want to be challenged, I want to keep challenging myself - whether or not it's changing yourself physically or just pushing yourself to a certain extreme. I get bored quite easily so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself.

I'd rather risk confusion and stay creatively fresh and stimulated. I feel like I'm growing and challenging myself all the time.

When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from.

I compete against myself in competitions anyway, so I train against myself in practice.

I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.

I really wanted to put myself out of my comfort zone, and that meant leaving England and really changing culture and different ideas and philosophies in a club environment.

I really believe in challenging myself, pushing myself to new places.

I'm somebody who constantly wants to challenge himself, evolve, and grow. Because if you don't, you fade. You become stagnant.

Why go through life if you're not going to challenge yourself?