Quotes About Excellence

You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.

I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.

When you think about a drill sergeant, a drill sergeant expects you to perform your best, and if you don't, they're going to stay on you until you do.

We all have levels of performance.

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

I have always given 100 per cent, power and performance.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That's what I enjoy now.

I really appreciate that: to walk into an environment where everyone is serious and dedicated to creating the best performance possible and challenging themselves to figure out the most interesting way to approach the work.

I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.

What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we all play Gladiator with Ridley Scott in the same amount of time, maybe we have a chance to see who did it best.

I want the best names in the division. The fear brings out the best performance in myself.

Success doesn't matter to me. I believe in performance.

My focus is on giving my best and I have to enjoy my performance as then only audience will enjoy.

When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction.

It is something we have always excelled at and prided ourselves at - the excellences of our stage performance.

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

You're not going to find a more committed performer than Sandra Oh - to every single word, action, history that informs the future. Every little thing.

I don't want to be a bad performer in a good film.

I wouldn't be the performer I am if everyone thought I was the best. Having people against you, or who don't quite believe in you, gives a lot of extra fuel to never settle.

On stage, don't go near her. She's the best performer in the world.

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it's very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with.

The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show you're a great performer.