If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
I have to keep testing myself.
We must constantly dare ourselves in the small things, until courage becomes a habit of mind that will serve us when we are unexpectedly tested.
I like to put myself in the most uncomfortable position.
I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.
Testing oneself is best when done alone.
The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can.
To know you're truly alive in wrestling, you have to constantly challenge yourself. You constantly have to do things that you're unsure you can do.
A person like myself will keep challenging to see if I can keep doing it over and over again.
I'm always perpetually out of my comfort zone.
Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood.
You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing himself, always.
I never was content unless I was trying my skill...or testing my endurance.
According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.
Anytime you spar at a new dojo, whether it's in Japan, Brazil, or Thailand, the fighters come after the new guy. It's a way to test yourself against the best and to sharpen your technical skills and push yourself to be the best you can be.
I believe I've shown my worth, become a world champion, now I want to try and see how good I am. The only way I'll find that out is by testing myself against the best.
When I started coaching, I wanted to find out quickly if I could do it.
I want to see how far I can train. I have to see how far my body will go.
Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.
There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.
To me, to live is to fight. It's about persevering. It's about testing yourself. It's about not becoming complacent.
I loved DDT for the freedom; I was able to tell the wackiest and wildest of stories but also test myself as an athlete.
You know how I get angry sometimes? That's because it's the only way I can still feel. And I need to test myself, to make sure I'm really here.
Testing ourselves over and again, learning love and love and LOVE!
