Quotes About Excellence

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter I ever saw, but DiMaggio was the greatest all around player.

I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.

Serena Williams is my sports idol.

The trailblazers are my role models in this industry: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, and Billy Dee Williams. I keep their pictures in my trailer and try to measure to their standards every time I act.

We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.

I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.

Powerful, quick and agile, Serena Williams thrives on winning.

Serena Williams is the ultimate champion. She knows what it takes to get to the top.

For me, it has an extra value to be able to beat the Williams sisters in the finals, because they are just so good. For me, it's proof of being literally the best player in the tournament.

Black excellence is a thing. People - from Beyonce Knowles to Venus and Serena Williams to folks you haven't heard of - are into it. It's less a movement than a standard: believers set the bar high not only for themselves but also for others who share their vision, especially when it pertains to black history, stories, and style.

Serena Williams is the greatest tennis player of all time, the greatest female athlete of all time, the greatest athlete of all time.

I would love to have been a tennis player simply because of Serena Williams.

My first hero was Serena Williams. No contest.

I don't think there is ever going to be another Serena Williams.

I would love to add to the rich tradition that Duke University holds on and off the court, and play for one of the all time great coaches, Coach K. I would love to go up to Chapel Hill, play for Roy Williams, and chase back-to-back National Championships at North Carolina.

Roy Williams has been a great coach every game since the beginning at Kansas.

Personally, until Mike Trout came into the league I thought I would be in the conversation for best player in the game. Then he screwed that up for everybody - Babe Ruth and Ted Williams included. He has ruined it for everyone.

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

Willie Mays was the best baseball player I ever saw. He could do anything.

There's absolutely no comparisons to me or anyone else to Willie Mays. Willie Mays, he's the greatest baseball player of all time.

I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do.

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.