Quotes About Excellence

I don't think anybody wants to be mediocre.

I don't play to be mediocre.

I'm not in the UFC to be mediocre.

We train to be the best. We don't train to be mediocre.

I never wanted to be mediocre at anything.

I don't want to be a mediocre player or average.

We live in an age of mediocrity.

Mediocrity never goes away - but neither, I hope, do those who are willing to challenge it.

Everything about mediocrity kills me.

With all due respect, I have a job to do, and that is to try and make 'Endeavour' the best it can be.

The goal is to do things that are exciting and respectable.

I have a goal so lofty it's almost embarrassing to talk about. And that's to be the best restaurant in the world.

Doesn't matter if you're playing football, running track or managing a restaurant, you want to be the best at what you do in life.

People said I'd revolutionize the game. Look, I made myself available and said I'd work hard and give you the best I can.

I've played with and against great players. I've been with Viv Richards, Richie Richardson and played against Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jaque Kallis and Virat Kohli is up there with the very best.

Just do the best to do things the right way.

I've had some great examples in my career of how to do things the right way.

When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.

I always like to do things the right way.

I play the game the right way.

It's good to be No1 but you'd like to do it the right way, not because of something that might have happened off the table.

I try to do things the right way and try to be a professional.

We pretty much have barnburners with every team. There's always new teams, there's always great teams, and you always want to be in the ring with the best.

When I'm in the ring with somebody like Puma, it really forces me to level up and rise to the top of my game. It's sometimes just face-melting, the kind of stuff that he can do.