Driven Personality Quotes

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

I've never been uncoachable. I've been tough to coach because I'm hypercompetitive and always get to the bottom of things.

My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me.

When I look back on what I've done, I think I'm drawn to obsession, perhaps.

I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything.

I haven't lost that quest and that thirst to do something great.

I never stop. I'll never truly retire, because my mind is always on go.

I was very focused, driven, rigid, work-oriented. I didn't care about having a family or making a home. I didn't think about kids. It's not that I didn't want those things; I just didn't think about them.

I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time.

Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared about - the legal work, or the stories I was telling as a writer, or the office I built in government - I wasn't left a lot of margin for error. It's kept me driven.

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

I'm competitive with myself.

I was playing the piano when I was three, writing songs when I was ten. I had a lot of experience before I got to college. I knew I wanted to be a singer, so anyone who met me, I didn't let too much time pass before I showed my talent.

I'm a very objective-driven bloke, so to have a goal in mind and to have something to do is very important to me.

I've always had that chip on my shoulder, felt the need to prove myself.

I was always an overachiever.

It doesn't matter if it's cards, doesn't matter if I am racing home from dinner or something, I just want to be the first to do it. That's just kind of my mentality. That's been my mentality for a long time. It's kind of the way I was raised.

I compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why.

I'm very driven, and there are lots of things I can't do.

I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head.

I always wanted to prove myself. I think I naturally can't help but want to do something and push the boundaries.

I don't like to participate at anything and not finish first.

Mostly I've been inspired by my mother. She is extremely driven and always makes every endeavour sound exciting. I think most of the things I've accomplished are a result of knowing her.

I'm ambitious, which is why I chose Villa.

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.