Quotes About Excellence

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

Concentration is why some athletes are better than others. You develop that concentration in training and concentrate in a meet.

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.

We're supposed to be perfect our first day on the job and then show constant improvement.

Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort.

If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.

Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.

Lacrosse is probably the best sport I ever played.

Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.

I am simply the very best sports entertainer

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best.

I play with a fear of letting my team down. That's what motivates me.

I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

As someone that was a good ambassador of a growing sport, that always wanted to fight the best fighters and always gave the fans the best he could give.

I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.

I don't want to leave the sport saying I could have run faster. I just want to be tapped out, like I gave it my all.

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews.

I didn't set out to beat the world; I just set out to do my absolute best.

Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.

There are guys who play lacrosse, and there are lacrosse players.

If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.