And I want a gold medal more than anything. I just want a gold medal, so that's been pushing me forward. Alicia Sacramone
Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man. Matt Kemp
Because I'm pushing my body so hard already, the last thing I want to do is have music that's really too strong, in my head. Michelle Kwan
I just stay focused, and I always think about gymnastics. I am just doing what I always do... working really hard and pushing myself to the maximum and keeping myself motivated. Aly Raisman
I'm a triathlete. Running is when I do my best living and my best thinking. I love the discipline, pushing yourself to suffer as much as you can, because it leads to a form of redemption. Naomi Benaron
I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope. Ryan Sheckler
I'm not searching for hard news; I'm not a journalist, but I'm interested in pushing to boundaries of where we can do the kind of stories that we want to do. I mean, it's a big world and CNN has made it a lot bigger and they haven't flinched. Anthony Bourdain
It's something that I had been pushing down my whole life. The search for meaning, I guess, the whispering of the soul. Ricky Williams
Many athletes are seeking new and novel ways of pushing their limits, and the challenge of running back-to-back races is certainly one way to test the boundaries. Dean Karnazes
Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself. Walter Payton
The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet. Mary Higgins Clark
There is nothing better than having a personal-best day, being in shape and pushing myself beyond my own limits. Dan OBrien
When there's somebody racing side-by-side, when somebody's right next to me and they're pushing and we're both tired, we're both fatigued, I want to be able to beat them mentally. Apolo Ohno
When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things. Oscar Robertson