Highly successful people tend to be perfectionistic, constantly striving to meet impossible standards.
"And the funny thing is you're constantly striving to make it even shorter.
We always push each other harder and harder, constantly striving to get to a higher level.
Too often West Indies looked resigned to an inevitability, rather than constantly striving to counter it.
Constantly striving to improve is characteristic of Petchey, the self-made millionaire, who left school at 13 without qualifications.
He was a driven character, described by many as "demonic", constantly striving to express the inexpressible in his music.
We talk about a hardworking and honest culture where people are constantly striving to improve themselves and the team.
"The Islamic State is constantly striving to be as formalized, as bureaucratic-seeming as possible, to keep up the appearance of being a state".
He is a pragmatist constantly striving to make some difference in the world, reluctant to accept that is not his lot.
If I'm honest, I think the prospect of me constantly striving to achieve more at the expense of my own mental health is a bigger long-term threat to my child's confidence than the allure of Call of Duty.
