Quotes About Excellence

If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.

If you can't win, make the one ahead of you break the record.

Australia has got some of the best sports people in the world, but we've also got some of the best scientists and innovators too, and that needs to be celebrated more.

I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

If you only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

Greatness is defined by someone who is not simply awesome and wonderful in the sport they compete in but goes beyond that and is great in whatever they do off the track or off the court.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.

I fight for perfection

Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race.

Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.

It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.

Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles.

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

I'm getting sick and tired of doing anything half-way.

Certainly we're not satisfied with just winning games. We've been playing some pretty good hockey, but we think we can play much better.

Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.

It dawned on me with blinding brightness. I realized: I had jumped into another rare kind of stratosphere - one that only a handful of people in every generation are lucky enough to know.

Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

If you don't demand that your people maintain. High performances to remain on your team, Why should they be proud of the association?