Quotes About Excellence

My body is for my tennis - it's for my sport. I'm not a model at all. I don't work out to go to the beach: I work out to play well and to do well on the court.

I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.

One of the biggest problems of 'In Search of Excellence' is that it focused on giant, publicly-traded companies. There are thousands upon thousands of excellent companies. Some of them are two-person accountancies in a community of three thousand people.

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?

If you're going to be a championship-caliber team or a threat to be a championship-caliber team you have to play a 200-foot game and you have to produce on both ends of the ice.

All the Divas work hard, they're all threats. They're just not as good as I am.

Dancing isn't easy, and to just jump into three to four hours of rehearsals a day is a lot.

To me, Messi, Neymar and Suarez are among the three best players in the world.

I can think of matches I played where I played one or two points perfectly, and that gave me a thrill.

Being around greatness is always a thrill.

We are thrilled with the response we are getting to Le Cirque at The Leela Palace New Delhi. Our goal is to bring a luxury dining experience consistent with international standards of excellence to the expanding and discerning clientele in India.

Anything Pixar does, you know, I really just am in awe of them and thrilled to be included in anything they do.

If you're going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like 'Purple Rain' and 'Thriller' and those kind of records, you had to reach far above the din of cynicism and modern living to get to that place, against all the odds.

You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people.

My father taught us that to thrive, excellence in technology, quality, and customer service along with cost competitiveness is a prerequisite. His contribution to business, the economy, and society at large can never be underscored enough.

I always thrive on wanting to play against the best.

There aren't enough people who are passionate with what they do. They're content just going through life being mediocre, being average. They don't want to thrive. They don't want to strive for greater. They're happy being where they are.

I thrive on healthy competition.

People in athletics thrive on competition. That's what makes you better.

Watch The Throne' is my favorite project. The production, the way they carried themselves, it's amazing.

When I'm good at something, I always try to be the best at it and claim that throne. Even in school, I never let anyone say anything to me; I would always be the smartest.

One thing I have throughout my career, it felt like I did my best to align myself with quality artists, quality work, and it is a situation of steel sharpening steel.

Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.