“After my second-to-last record called "The Greatest," I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, not anger towards myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.” YearsKindSelfPlayLastsChallengesGoneRecordsFiveSelf EsteemInstrumentsEsteemFive YearsDisappointedChallenging Myself Author:Cat Power
“I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss.” StillsImportantHappensWishChallengesWhiteRecordsMissingRight NowBandFulfillingStripesWhite Stripes Author:Jack White
“I'm not so much in the future as always in the present. The future always takes care of itself. What I do now with my video camera, it can only record what is happening now. I am celebrating reality and the essence of the moment. And that's the greatest challenge that I have.” MomentsRealityCareChallengesRecordsHappeningsEssenceCamerasTake CareVideoCelebrateVideo Cameras Author:Jonas Mekas
“Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.” KnowsKindChallengesRecordsTrackTrack Record Author:Gordon Bethune
“Without challenges, the human body will soften. We thrive when we push our boundaries, reach goals, and blast personal records. We perform better, we look better, and we feel alive.” FeelsHumansLooksBodyGoalChallengesRecordsAliveBoundariesThriveHuman BodyBlast Author:Dan John
“Playing behind a first-ballot Hall of Famer, who also is the all-time record holder for consecutive starts by a quarterback, it's a different mind-set. You just have to challenge yourself in ways that you never challenged yourself before.” WayMindFirstsDifferentChallengesBehindsRecordsAll TimeNflHallsQuarterbackBallotsMind SetChallenge YourselfConsecutiveDifferent Minds Author:Aaron Rodgers
“For me, challenging myself with this type of endeavor [ultramarathons] brings the best out in me because even at the darkest, deepest moments when I feel like I can't go on, when I feel like there's no chance I could break the record or much less finish the trail, somehow I find that strength inside of me.” FeelsI CanMomentsChallengesChanceBreakRecordsTypeGoes OnEndeavorTrailsChallenging Myself Author:Scott Jurek
“There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a day for two months on the radio, songs that people will want to dance to on a Saturday night.” PeopleWantWritingTwoPlayNightSongChallengesRecordsFiveMonthsRadioFantasticComposerSaturdaySaturday NightTwo Months Author:Robert Wyatt
“More material progress has been made during the past one hundred and fifty years under the American system of business enterprise than during all the preceding centuries in world history. This record of achievement is a challenge to those who would radically change that system.” WorldYearsHas BeensMadeAmericaPastChallengesRecordsProgressCenturyMaterialsAchievementHundredFiftyEnterpriseWorld History Author:Karl Taylor Compton
“One of the big challenges I've thought about in making record is that the role of computers has become so inescapable and computers offer so many possibilities for creativity, but they also make you lazy.” BigsChallengesRolesCreativityRecordsPossibilityOffersComputerLazyBig Challenges Author:D.A. Wallach
“I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real challenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindRealRunningPresidentChallengesRecordsGreaterCandidatesParamount Author:Margaret Chase Smith
“There are major challenges, when it comes to making a film in the Arctic. When you're filming wildlife and that wildlife doesn't necessarily take direction, you can spend a lot of time waiting, where you're debating whether or not you should press the record button because it costs a lot of money.” ShouldFilmWaitingChallengesRecordsCostMajorsPressesLots Of MoneyButtonsWildlifeArctic Author:Greg MacGillivray