Quotes About Excellence

There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are hard to play. So we put a lot of work into it. The musicians that I've managed to surround myself with after all of these years are individuals who really excel at what they do.

The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.

I'm proud of the fact I was able to surround myself with great people who did great things, and it resulted in the Bulls being a global brand and winning championships and a factor in the community.

You learn as much as you can from the people that you work with. That's why you want to surround yourself with the heaviest people that you can possibly get to.

You always want to surround yourself with better people than you.

You got to surround yourself with the strongest in the world, the strongest training partners and the best people. That's what I do.

I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you.

When you surround yourself with some of the best in the business you can only get better.

I like to be surrounded by splendid things.

Messi is the greatest, but he has always been surrounded by other great players.

That's when I'm at my best: when I'm surrounded by good players.

Right from the start of my career I was surrounded by people like Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith, who gave 100 percent in every performance.

Moving to Flagstaff from the big city of Melbourne taught me what it takes to become a better runner. For one, there is the altitude, but more importantly, seeking the best is about being surrounded by the best.

It's inspiring being surrounded by people who do more than you. It makes you want to do better. You're in the position to learn from the best.

Certainly when you're surrounded by top-class players, like Cesc Fabregas, Eden Hazard, all of them, you only can make progress in a situation like that.

All I learned in Barcelona was about being surrounded by stars, by the best in the world.

You want to go to where there's competition, with guys surrounding you every day.

I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.

In superficial terms, to have an orchestral career is to be better than others, or at least to be chosen over others on that particular occasion; it is a form of survival.

Quality survives.

In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.

I think that being a Wildling is essentially about surviving the cold, and in that department, the extras on our shoot excelled and needed no help from us.

Yes, there are times where I might play one bad service game a set. If you look at Sampras, he might play one slightly suspect service game every three sets. So to beat someone like that you've obviously got to be right on top of your game. I've basically got to get rid of that in my game so it makes me very difficult to beat.

Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration.