Derek Carr Quotes

I'm going to do everything I can, so that I don't look back and say I didn't do everything.

Competition helps people figure it out.

Building a better life for every child is a lot harder than becoming a world champion. Both goals take dedication and commitment.

The want to improve myself and win tournaments and see how far I go is crucial.

At the end of the day, I could go back to getting sixth or seventh place and being a mediocre skater, or I could be a champion. I want to be a champion.

For me, I always want to be the best player I can be.

I want to do everything to get to a new level.

In 1987, I wrote a goal sheet. I didn't want to waste my life. I'd dropped out of college, and there was a lot of pressure from my parents. I decided, 'If you're going to do this, you're going to become the best in the world at this.'

Being favorite counts for nothing. I am focusing on doing the best time of my life, whether or not it's the best in history or the best in the competition.

I am not running after gold medals; I am running after time. And once I get that, gold medals will run after me.

I do something to win it or I don't do it at all.

You make sacrifices. You sacrifice yourself. Do you want to possibly win a championship? Or do you want to be the same person you were when you were 20 and get those same numbers?

I know what it takes to win, and I've helped lead teams to winning cultures.

I don't train to be an All-American. I train to be the best.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Vision gets the dreams started. Dreaming employs your God-given imagination to reinforce the vision. Both are part of something I believe is absolutely necessary to building the life of a champion, a winner, a person of high character who is consistently at the top of whatever game he or she is in.

When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, personal records are secondary.

When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

There was a moment in time where I was really focused on the Navy and I followed through with it - I passed the test. I was happy with myself because I was accomplishing something and I was really working towards a goal. That was the first true thing I invested my energy in.

Always do your best.

The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.