Frankie Edgar Quotes

Coaching works best with high potential people who are willing to make a concerted effort to change, not as a religious conversion activity.

You need someone who is going to help you make that better version of yourself.

Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.

The coach needs to understand, when he's not teaching something the right way or he sees something wrong, he's got to be able to admit to his mistakes.

I'm used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself.

I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day I started to do that.

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep.

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort.

It was my interest in happiness that led me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is really the study of happiness. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.'

I like having my back pressed against a wall and being made to work harder so I don't embarrass myself.

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

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

I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.

I want to learn and challenge myself and grow.

I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.

Don't waste a moment of energy looking around at what other people are doing.

I'm going to try to keep getting better.