Quotes About Excellence

Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity.

I always wanted to operate at the highest altitude, just in terms of hip-hop and the music.

I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apple in terms of his leadership, his innovation, not settling for mediocrity.

When you're the best, and you know you're the best, and your contemporaries know you're the best, that's a terrific edge.

People like Bryant Gumbel and Bob Costas are terrific broadcasters because they get challenged every day.

It's always true, and in all the arts. When one guy's terrific, there will be a lot of other terrific guys around. And this last decade, the '90s, has been a period of very low talent.

Ronaldo is an absolutely terrific player. He works very hard for his team; he has the quality.

Their practice habits are terrific. I've been around some really good guys from different teams in terms of bringing it to practice. When I was in San Francisco, Bryant Young was that way. Every practice on it.

You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.

I've never seen anyone - and I've had the opportunity to work with some really terrific actors in my time - but Philip Seymour Hoffman is definitely the best I ever had the opportunity to work with.

If I feel the role is not going to demand anything out of me, I don't do it. Either it has to be a terrific role, or the director has to be someone I am dying to work with. Or the costar has to be someone I really look up to.

Everyone's terrified of being mediocre. Everyone wants to be special.

Obviously, international cricket is the main cricket you want to play, especially Test cricket.

I always want to make my records sound great so they'll stand the test of time, and that takes a lot of work.

Test matches are what really drive me to perform.

The double hundred Fowler hit in the Madras Test was an absolute beauty.

When I brought home a 98 percent on a test, my father would say, 'Ah, ah, where are the other two points? Go and get them, then bring them back.' My father and Nigerian culture has always stood for excellence.

The imaginations of believers have dressed up and exaggerated the excellence of the style and matter of the New Testament generally, in the same manner, in which they have the moral instructions of Jesus.

I was tested against the best.

For me I love playing against the best players in the world, testing yourself and seeing whether you can get the better of them.

I've wanted to - and have been - testing myself against the best guys in the world.

When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.

The only way to drive customer experiences is to drive integration across the enterprise.

Hats off, gentlemen—a genius!