Sentence examples for he challenged himself from inspiring English sources

Last year, he challenged himself to learn Mandarin.

This year, he challenged himself to grant 365 interviews, to anyone who asks.

That happened to Coltrane; in the few years remaining to him (he died in 1967), he challenged himself more severely and went further, higher, and freer than he had in "A Love Supreme".

When all that was over, he challenged himself to articulate what he learned from the experience — his answer both helped him avoid similar mistakes in the future and helped others learn from them, too.

The album reaches a height of happiness in the upbeat "Jimmy," then finishes with the mighty "Geraldine," for which, he told me, he challenged himself to find as many superlatives to praise someone as he could.

Instead, he challenged himself and his teammates to increased leadership roles and, as Manager Jerry Manuel said after he was officially hired, to take a more unselfish approach at the plate.

He was driven to challenge himself.

What we always liked about him is that he challenges himself.

Hvorostovsky claims that he challenges himself by searching for new ways to interpret each role.

"He challenges himself and coaches and like [Ireland's] Brian O'Driscoll, he has adapted to a changing game.

On his new album, "Jhelli Beam" (Anti-), he challenges himself to work with melody as well as a beat.