Rick Pitino

The term 'overachiever' sort of makes it look like the person has mediocre talent and he just works so hard that he achieves beyond what you would think. 'Overachiever' is sort of a - it's sort of an incorrect term. An overachiever is someone that's just willing to pay the price to get so much more out of his performance.

American Athlete

Zawe Ashton

How long have we got to talk about women of colour and imposter syndrome. It's a real thing, and many people have it. It's, I think, a particular characteristic of the overachiever. Because you're bottomless, you never think what you've achieved is enough.

English Actress

Rachel Simmons

I've spent years in therapy excavating my endless, often fruitless drive to overachieve. I have learned that being successful hasn't made me happy. It's just made me successful. I even call myself a recovering overachiever.

American Author

John Legend

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

American Musician

Fran Lebowitz

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

American Journalist

Venus Williams

I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again.

American Tennis Player

Tyra Banks

I know I'm an overachiever, and I'm not apologetic about it.

American Model

Donna Rice

American Celebrity

Michelle Wolf

American Comedian

Jessica Henwick

 'Overachiever' often has a positive tone, suggesting admiration for someone's exceptional effort.

Positive Nuance

Sometimes 'overachiever' can imply that someone is working too hard to gain approval or success.

Possibly Negative

Use 'overachiever' to compare somebody's performance against a group or standard.

Comparative Context

 If you were to look at my yearbook, you would see me on about every page, because I was involved in everything. I even drove a school bus. So I was that kid that teachers thought was the overachiever,