I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.
I'm a world champion, I've beaten everyone I've been in with and I want to test myself.
I'm being tested each and every day. That's how life is.
For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I can look back on and know I’ve tested myself against the very best.
Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.
Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves.
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth.
The last thing you want to do is be a bore. When you wake up in the morning, give yourself a good mirror test. If you look like you’re going to be a sulking, pouting bore, slap yourself in the face before you go out to the office.
Well, I guess I’m just not as special as you are. (Urian) No one knows their true mettle until it’s been tested. This is yours. Whether you pass or fail is entirely up to you. I can’t tell you what to do, but I know where I’ll be tonight. (Acheron)
It's just a personal challenge, I'd like to see how I can do as a boxer.
Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves - there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? - are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them. It is not the obvious tests that matter (do you go to pieces in a mortar attack?) but the unexpected ones (here is a man on the run, seeking your help - can you face him honestly?).
Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.
The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.
I am a coward, basically, but one of the things about acting is that you are always putting yourself through yet another test.
When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to see if I could write a script.
We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves.
Every day I do something that freaks me out.
I don't mind going into a liberal lion's den. That's where you test yourself.
I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.
Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life.
I like to push myself beyond the limit every now and again.
I'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.
The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.
I want to test my will.
In training, you can push yourself to the limit and test yourself against the best players in the world. That is when the pressure is really on, and they are the moments when you either improve, or you don't.
