Quotes About Excellence

People like being on winning teams.

If I had to identify the one skill set shared by most by the men who become part of the SEAL teams... it would be sheer brainpower.

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable, and that's how I expect to coach this basketball team. I am truly excited about this next phase of my basketball career.

If talented people across teams, functions, and geographies share the same passion and dedication, the results can be remarkable.

I enjoy watching Gregg Popovich-coached teams.

I think greatness is always good for the NBA. Great players, great teams - it's always good for the NBA.

To me, it doesn't matter who's out there: NBA basketball is great - if teams are putting out their best players and they're competing to win.

Barcelona is one of the best teams in the world.

The West is tough. Great teams. Great records, top to bottom.

If you want to be the best team in the world, you've got to beat the best teams.

Don't matter if I am playing on special teams, don't matter if I am playing linebacker: I want to be the best at what I am doing.

I'd have considered myself fortunate to be coached by Guardiola because he really puts his stamp on teams. He builds them, moulds them, guides them, berates them, nurtures them. He makes them great. He takes them to a higher level; a place beyond mere football.

Of course I want to be the best in the world; I want to play against big teams and against big stars.

Everybody loves playing against the best teams.

If you want to be in the top teams, you know you have competition in your place.

A lot of the values I have come from the farm and from my parents, of grafting and of giving, and of always striving to be the best you can be. It's about teamwork.

There's a reason that male golfers don't compete against female golfers. They're in a league of their own, and it would end in tears. It's time to apply this logic to the online world.

What I've seen and learnt from life is that when you give it your best, when you're in it at 100 percent, and you give it your blood, sweat and tears, something beautiful will come out of it.

I want to bring a Big 12 championship to Tech.

When I was at Tech, no public school was ahead of us in graduation rates. We got our guys to compete in the classroom, and if they're competing in class and in football, that's an attitude they take into life.

Our all-volunteer force continues to prove itself with a great level of professionalism, personal commitment and a technical competence that is quite remarkable.

Yu Na Kim, Mao Asada, Carolina Kostner - all these girls can do triple-triples in their sleep, and they have the skating skills and the spins and the rest of the technical jumps. So I have to have that as well if I want to be able to call myself 'competitive' against them. And when I say 'competitive,' I mean I want to win.

There is a need to be the best you can be. You can't panic; you concentrate. When I run up to the hurdles, I'm very nervous, but I'll tend to think about technical things to keep my mind focused.

I don't see myself in the ring as a high flyer or brawler or technical guy, but I feel I can do everything, work with everybody, and bring out the best in different people.