Quotes About Excellence

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

What you do when no one else is looking will determine how good you'll be.

For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.

Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.

The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing distinction to the jersey the players represent.

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.