Quotes About Excellence

I really don't look at myself as a defensive end or a linebacker or a cornerback or a safety. I don't try to limit myself to just rushing the passer or dropping back in coverage or being a run-stopper; I try to be great at football.

I've always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league.

You want to be Defensive Player of the Year.

I want to be the Defensive Player of the Year and, if I have the chance, be MVP.

I'd take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There's only one of these in the whole league every year.

I want to be Defensive Player of the Year.

I expect to play at an All-Star defensive level, and everything else will come.

It's something I pride myself on because in the NBA a lot of people are good offensively but you can set yourself apart on the defensive end. I can bring a lot of energy.

Defensive player of the year is MVP in my book.

We are Madrid, and we want to define our own philosophy. We don't want to be compared to anyone.

Laila Ali is not my definition of the best.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

If you're willing to do it as good as you're willing to think up to do it, that's what your mind is there for, and you deliver excellence right now, now being the only moment you can control or do anything with or be creative with.

I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver.

I feel people will expect from me more than I can deliver, but then again, I think, pressure will drive me to give my best.

I want each and every ball that I bowl to to be my best delivery.

Demand excellence.

There is always more demand for great content then there will be great content to satisfy it.

That's just how I live my life. That's how I was raised: to demand excellence out of myself.

If you demand the best, sometimes you get it.

In Madrid, the demand is maximum, and you have to always be at the top. If you are not, doubts come.

I was always a player who demanded the maximum at training and to try to finish as high as possible. I have that as coach, too.

I think all managers have to be so demanding.

I'm paid well and am demanding of the people I work with, and therefore, I feel I should bring a lot.