Dominic Cooper Quotes

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

No person should become complacent by his/her work and think that he/she has done their best.

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

There isn't anything I wanted to do that I haven't. At the same time, there isn't anything I've ever done that I didn't want to do better.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.

No matter how successful you become... there's always that sense that you could be better.

I'm never going to be satisfied with where I am as a player.

I don't know if I'll ever be as good as I was when I started Kogi, but I strive for that.

I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.

Whatever happens, there are always things you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have done better. You score two goals and you usually feel you could have scored a third. That's perfectionism. That's what makes you progress in life.

If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.

I'm working to be the best - the very best. There are a lot of people in this industry, and I'm trying to be the best. I'm working to affect history in a positive way.

I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.

I don't want to compare myself to anyone else, but there's Paul Smith, who I think does a great job. I feel like once I sort everything to the best quality, I'll be able to compete with them.

I feel like I haven't done my best work yet. I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

I always wanted to be the best and to get the most out of myself.

I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.

I feel like I haven't done my best work yet.

That's what makes me keep playing every day is the fact that I'm not quite there, you know. There's always more for me to be able to do.

To be honest, I still feel like I haven't scratched the surface of where I want to be. If someone asked me for an autograph, I'd be like, 'Me? I haven't done anything yet !' I have much more to offer the world.

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.

I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.

Never stop training, no matter what level you're at. Never, ever stop putting your talent under a microscope and asking, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah - I'm doing all this stuff right, but what's wrong with my acting?'

I don't know if people consider me a deep threat, but maybe I'll get there one day.