“Even my going back to school was to inspire young people that it's never too late to education. That's all I can do, and try to be the best father and husband that I can be.” PeopleTryingI CanSchoolYoungFatherCan DoInspireHusbandLateBeing The BestToo LateNever Too LateBest FatherGoing Back To School Author:Mark Wahlberg
“I can only be the best version of myself and understand that the only way that we as a people can heal is to understand that the next person's journey may not be your own, but it doesn't mean that you have to marginalize them in any way.” PeopleWayMayMeanPersonsI CanNextJourneyHealVersionsBeing The Best Author:Octavia Spencer
“Some good leaders are rough around the edges and some leaders are difficult. Some have difficult personalities and some are really nice to be around, but those are not the qualifications. The qualifications are their desire to see us achieve more, their desire to push us to be the best we can be. Not for their selfish gain, but because they believe that we have something to offer.” BelieveDesireDifficultLeaderNiceAchievePersonalityOffersGainsEdgesSelfishBeing The BestRoughReally NiceQualificationsGood Leader Author:Simon Sinek
“When you wrap up your self-worth with your talent, and suddenly you might not be the most talented, that's really scary. And I think that fear is in part why I turned to comedy because I had no expectations of being a comedian. It was exciting to get good at something where I wasn't afraid of not being the best.” ThinkingSelfMightComedyTalentExpectationsExcitingScarySelf WorthComedianBeing The BestWrapsReally Scary Author:Rachel Bloom
“You put all the other stuff aside and go out and do your job, and mine is to be the best I can be for my teammates.” I CanJobsStuffMinesBeing The BestTeammate Author:Tom Brady
“I don't have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude. You just have to prove to yourself that you can go out there and be the best that you can be and not prove anything to anyone.” IfsThinkingShouldMeanDoeAttitudeProveShould HaveBeing The Best Author:Serena Williams
“My biggest advice to an official who wants to pursue college or come into the NFL is to make sure you're doing it for the right reasons. If you're coming in just because you want to be the female in the NFL, then I think you're doing it for the wrong reasons. If you're doing it because you want to be the best official, then pursue it.” IfsThinkingWantReasonAdviceCollegeFemalePursueNflOfficialsBeing The BestWrong Reasons Author:Sarah Thomas
“There was a thing in the Andy Kaufman movie that Jim Carrey [Man On The Moon] about how he would do it. I didn't even see the movie. I read the script. But someone asked me, "Do you know what the best part of the Jim Carrey/Andy Kaufman movie is?" And I said, "me lee see ree bee." I just knew that would be the best part.” KnowsMenSaidWould BeMoonScriptsBeing The BestDo You KnowBees Author:Neal Brennan
“The world is a very big place and there are many wonderful people in with ideas you haven't thought about. Talk to them, find out what they're thinking, so that you can be the best person you can be.” PeopleThinkingWorldPersonsIdeasBigsWonderfulHavensBeing The BestBest Person Author:Nick Morgan
“I had been living the life that society tends to dictate for women of a certain age. You marry the person who asks you, even though he may or may not be the best one for you. Around the time that I got divorced, I had an epiphany that there is no blue ribbon or gold medal for living someone else's life, for fulfilling someone else's dreams. It's doesn't make you happy. You just end up with a life that's not yours.” MayPersonsEndsDreamAgeCertainAsksGoldBlueLive LifeBeing The BestFulfillingMedalDivorcedMake You HappyEpiphanyGold MedalsRibbons Author:Gabrielle Union
“The best players in the game want the responsibility of being the best player. The reality is the game has changed from now back to '87. It's a lot tighter checking. The players are better today. So, that makes it harder for him just in that fact. We can't rely solely on Mario [Lemieux] to carry this team. We're not relying on that.” WantFactsRealityTodayGamesResponsibilityPlayerTeamChangedHarderRelyBeing The BestBest PlayersMario Author:Wayne Gretzky
“In most of these things our foundation is a co-funder, so I can say that a polio or an HIV vaccine, that I'm putting our resources behind it in a very big way and the U.S. government would be the best partner for those efforts.” WayI CanBigsGovernmentWould BeEffortBehindsResourcesFoundationPartnersBeing The BestHivVaccinesPolio Author:Bill Gates
“Hockey taught me to challenge myself and be the best I can be on and off the ice.” I CanChallengesTaughtIceBeing The BestHockeyAnd Off Author:P. K. Subban
“You're not gonna win every outing. I don't mean game. You're not gonna beat everybody out for the top job. Sometimes you're gonna be the best, but you're not gonna get the gig because there are other factors, people making the decision might like somebody more than they like you. It's vicious. And you have to be totally, singularly focused on yourself. Not in a bad way.” PeopleWayMeanSometimesMightJobsGamesWinningDecisionLike YouBeatsFocusedFactorsBeing The BestViciousGigs Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm always trying to challenge everyone to raise the game on the artistic level. We are supposed to be the best. Make sure we don't get complacent or comfortable, and always trying to push the limit on trying to write great songs. At the end of the day it's why we do what we do.” WritingTryingEndsSongGamesChallengesLevelsLimitsComfortableRaisesArtisticSupposed To BeBeing The BestThe End Of The DayAlways TryingComplacentWhy We Do What We Do Author:Michael W. Smith
“I think in America we have to get back to being the best educated general citizenry in the world and make sure we do not lose our lead in research, if we're to have a leadership position in the world.” IfsThinkingWorldAmericaLosesPositionResearchEducatedBeing The BestGet BackLead InCitizenry Author:John Glenn
“I think it's really important to have a life outside of this [movie] business and just be the best person you can be.” ThinkingPersonsImportantBeing The BestMovie BusinessBest Person Author:Winona Ryder
“We have today and hopefully tomorrow to be the best version of ourselves.” TodayTomorrowVersionsHopefullyBeing The Best Author:Joshua Mohr
“I never claimed to be the best singer, I never claimed to be the best dancer, but I do claim to be the person that can put them together best.” PersonsTogetherClaimsSingersBeing The BestDancer Author:Ginuwine
“I ask my children (all of them) to be what they want to be; just be the best they can at what they choose.” WantChildrenAsksMy ChildrenBeing The Best Author:Richard Marcinko
“I think this word 'disbelieve' would be the best of all possible worlds if everybody were an atheist or an agnostic or a humanist - his or her own particular brand - but as for compelling people to this, absolutely not.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWould BeParticularAtheistBrandsBeing The BestHumanistCompellingAgnostic Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“My parents put me in sports when I was 5 years old, and they put my sisters in sports. So that's what I grew up with, that mentality: "It's OK to want to be the best. Aggression is good." You have to have that little walk on the court or down the track. I love to put that into my female characters, because I don't think enough girls are taught that at a young age.” ThinkingWantYearsLittlesEnoughCharacterAgeYoungGirlSportsParentWalksTaughtGrewGrew UpFemaleCourtTrackBeing The BestMy SisterMentalityAggressionYoung AgeFemale Characters Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“I always want to be the best at whatever I'm attempting to do.” WantBeing The BestAttempting Author:Kanye West
“In Hollywood, I think I get a bad rap for being a perfectionist. It's something that's not always welcomed in Hollywood, because you're always pushing people and you're pushing yourself to be the best that you can be.” PeopleThinkingHollywoodRapBeing The BestPushingPerfectionistPush Yourself Author:Vin Diesel
“Growing up, all I saw was my parents trying to be the best people they could be, and people coming to them for wisdom, coming to them for guidance, and them not putting themselves on a pedestal, but literally being face-to-face with these people and saying, "I'm no better than you, but the fact that you're coming to me to reach some sort of enlightenment or to shine a light on something, that makes me feel love and gratitude for you." They always give back what people give to them. And sometimes they keep giving and giving and giving.” PeopleGivingFeelsTryingSometimesFactsLightFacesParentGrowing UpSawsGrowingGratitudeEnlightenmentShiningGuidanceBeing The BestGiving BackFace To FaceBetter Than YouPedestalLove And Gratitude Author:Willow Smith
“The best piece of advice that I have ever received is from my mom. And she said, "Do you, boo boo." That is forever going to be the best advice.” SaidForeverPiecesAdviceMomMy MomBeing The BestBest AdviceBoo Boo Author:Willow Smith
“I think thing that makes Batman so endlessly interesting is that he's one of the most flawed and deeply human characters, even though he seems completely the most inhuman and infallible in costume. Psychologically he's one of the most complicated in both his strengths and his weaknesses. For me, one of his great strengths and weaknesses is that confidence. His emotional self-protection is one of the things that makes him heroic and sacrificing; he doesn't have a personal life. He sacrifices those to be the best hero he can be.” ThinkingHumansSelfCharacterSeemsInterestingSacrificeEmotionalHeroWeaknessComplicatedProtectionBeing The BestHeroicPersonal LifeCostumesFlawedInfallibleInhumanStrength And WeaknessSelf ProtectionBest Hero Author:Scott Snyder
“What I'm interested in exploring with Clark Kent is when you have the power to do something that goes beyond what you think is the right thing to do and the difficulty of that. Meaning, to be Superman also means to withhold a lot of power. He could reshape the world however he thinks it should be. But Superman doesn't, historically, do those things. He allows a certain level of self-governing and a certain level of independence, I think out of an admiration for humanity. Because he's inspired by the best in us and he challenges us to inspire each other to be the best that we can be.” ThinkingWorldShouldMeanSelfCertainHumanityChallengesLevelsInspireDifficultyIndependenceInspiredThings To DoRight ThingBeing The BestAdmirationExploringGoverningKent Author:Scott Snyder
“The sense of having to be the best at everything gets in the way of anybody doing anything. I put all that aside; it's not worth thinking about when I'm there. My agenda as an artist doesn't go away when I teach. It actually gets intensified.” ThinkingArtistTeachBeing The BestGoing Away Author:Vijay Iyer
“I was forty the first time I directed. I formed a company in 1967, looking to the future. My dad taught me that whatever you do, do it well. Be the best at what you can do for that particular job in life. That always resonated with me.” DadFirst TimeMy DadBeing The BestForty Author:Clint Eastwood
“When I hear people tell me they love what I do, no matter what the climate is, it makes me want to go harder, because that's what I'm out here fighting for - to get that love. You just want to be appreciated for being you and being the best you.” PeopleFightingLove YouBeing The BestAppreciated Author:Young Jeezy
“Sometimes when people get success they forget about the people that pointed them there or championed them into this position. I pride myself on really understanding. I wouldn't even call it keeping it real. I just call it keeping it me. When they tell me, "You're doing what you're supposed to do," it makes me go ten times even harder, because I know that there are people on the sidelines and they're watching me. They're cheering for me. I want to be the best me I could possibly be when it comes to them.” PeopleRealSometimesUnderstandingForgetPrideBeing The BestCheer Author:Young Jeezy
“I loved challenging myself every day. The weight room was my therapy for everyday life stresses. No matter what I was doing I always wanted to be the best.” ChallengesStressEverydayTherapyBeing The BestEveryday Life Author:Ronnie Coleman
“One of my favorite parts of myself is my motherhood aspect, it just turned out to be the best thing about my life [Laughs], the most rewarding and deepening, so I have a delight in portraying mothers.” MotherLaughingMy FavoriteMotherhoodBeing The Best Author:Diane Lane
“I pray to be the best thing ever but I also pray that for my colleagues. You're only as good as the person who can distract from what's meant to be happening.” PrayingBeing The BestMeant To BeI Pray Author:Measha Brueggergosman
“One day I hope to open a shelter of my own. I think it's really important to share my own story with women who've been abused, because going through that experience has led me to where I am today: It's given me the strength and motivation to be the best that I can be.” ThinkingImportantTodayMotivationShareOne DayBeing The Best Author:Christina Aguilera
“We already know that there are those close to James Comey who have a very different take, if there are tapes, of course, that would be the best evidence of what took place. If they exist, Congress needs to get them. If they're not provided willingly, Congress should subpoena them. And if they're not in existence, if this was yet another fabrication by the president, he needs to come clean about it.” DifferentPresidentExistenceEvidenceBeing The Best Author:Adam Schiff
“Dude, okay, so you're gay. You may consider that to be different, but you're not different. You have two jobs. You have to go out there and be the best artist that you can be. You've got to go out there and be the best songwriter that you can be. You simply have to be great at what you do and then your dreams will fall into place. Who you are is just a part of that dream, a part of your story.” DifferentDreamArtistFallGayOkayWho You AreBeing The BestFall Into PlaceBest Artist Author:Ty Herndon
“If you have the abilities to earn a lot of money and if you have the character to persist in giving that to the most effective charities you can find, then that may be the best thing that you can do. And - also, if you do become a Wall Street banker, I think you need to be aware of what you're doing in terms of your daily work, not just earning money to give a lot away. But you need to think about - am I harming people through the work that I'm doing?” PeopleThinkingGivingCharacterTermAbilityWallCharityBeing The BestPersistDaily WorkEarning Money Author:Peter Singer
“To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it's being a person that can work with others and not give up. And, for me, that was part of it too.” GivingEasyGiving UpBeing The BestNot Giving UpAstronaut Author:Michael J. Massimino
“I'm bored to tears by how many clowns have been leaders. That's why it's important to be the best we can be within our own little lives. This divine comic tragedy just keeps getting darker and darker. It's a pattern. What goes up comes down and what comes down goes up. When the wall is finished being built, someday it will get torn down. And then someday it will be built back up again.” ImportantLeaderTearsDivineWallTragedyComicBoredBeing The BestSomedayTornClown Author:Teri Gender Bender
“I don't think of music as being a competition - what I make is exactly what I want it to be for me, and it's not better or worse than anything else. I'm just trying to be the best at what I am, or that I possibly can be. And when I've done that, I feel incredibly confident and there's nothing anyone can see to dampen that, but I don't think that because it means something to me, it has to necessarily mean something to other people.” PeopleThinkingTryingMeanDoneCompetitionBeing The Best Author:Jenn Wasner
“We are going to lead once again by being the best. We're gonna lead economically. We're gonna lead technologically. We're gonna go back to the Moon, we're gonna do whatever we're gonna do. We are going to lead by engaging in American exceptionalism and this is going to inspire others to come along with us. We're not shrinking away from anybody. We are reengaging. That's what Trump is, and that's what Democrats don't see.” InspireMoonDemocratBeing The BestAmerican Exceptionalism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You might meet a guy who turns out to be the best guy you've worked with. They don't have to be some name brand person. I've met a lot of lower level actors and directors who were terrific; that are as good as any other A level director or actor, they just don't get the recognition. So I'm happy working with anybody who wants to show up to play the game and has a clue.” GuyRecognitionBeing The BestClue Author:Bruce Campbell
“A lot of people will say to me, they'll say, "When is Trump going to be gone?" People who are thinking that way and are waiting, for those folks I worry that every day when they wake up and Trump is still president, every day is November 9. That's not a good headspace to be in. It just happens to be the case that the best thing you can do to feel better is to be actively engaged in pushing back, and that also happens to be the best thing that you can do for the country right now.” PeopleThinkingCountryWaitingPresidentWorryWake UpBeing The BestFeel BetterNovember Author:Jason Kander
“Our music is always a reflection of where we are in a society. That's what enables so many people to do what they do. So my advice is to work at your craft. Be the best you can be at your craft and do it sincerely. Even in the world we live in today, that will give you longevity. At the end of the day, I want the quality of my work to stand, not how much I did.” PeopleWorldGivingTodayQualityAdviceMusic IsReflectionBeing The BestLongevitySincerely Author:Lenny Kravitz
“You do your work. You get up in the morning, you choose an outfit, you know? It doesn't have to be the best thing that you wear, you know what I mean? It's music, man. You do an album, complete it, and then musicians are on to the next thing. Nobody cares about how many units it sold as compared to the old one.” MenMeanCareMorningMusicianBeing The BestYou ChooseNobody Cares Author:Ishmael Butler
“One of the things I say is I don't think any of us should be average. Everybody's got a gift. The chance of finding your gift and then sharing it. There's just no room in this world to be average, you need to be the best you can be.” ThinkingWorldChanceBeing The Best Author:Fiona Wood
“My dad is really old school: "Whatever you do, just be the best at it." He didn't really care if I was a plumber or a roofer. It didn't matter what I did. He said, "Go out and find out what you like to do, and be the best at it."” CareSchoolDadMy DadBeing The BestOld SchoolPlumber Author:Scott Eastwood
“I'm way too old to change sports now. Sportsmen start so young - some of the ski jumpers we were talking to, they were jumping those giant ramps at nine years old. It's definitely something they've dedicated their entire lives to, and that's why they're so good at it. I started racing when I was 11, so there are a lot of similarities there. They grow up as a kid, find something they are passionate about, and they continue to work at it to try to be the best they can be.” TryingKidsSportsGrowing UpPassionateBeing The BestRacingDedicatedSimilarity Author:Martin Truex Jr.