Quotes About Excellence

We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.

You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

If you're going to do a job, do it right. If you're going to throw a birthday party, make it amazing. If you're going to do anything, do it awesome.

If you think I write stories where it is all right to just be good enough, are you kidding? You think I have a cavalier attitude on throwing stuff out? Are you kidding? I am not cavalier about what I do for a living.

Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them.

My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game.

Talent sticks out like a sore thumb.

I know I'm the greatest, and like I said, I ain't here to be average. I always wanted to stick out as a sore thumb, so that's what I'm doing. It's just confidence.

Thus you are just not because you give what is owed, but because you do what is appropriate to you as the highest good.

I've always wanted to work with the best directors. Directors lead you to the best material and thus the best actors.

I think anytime any record is compared to Tiger, it's always going to be good.

There might never be another 'Crouching Tiger.' There might be something that's even better than 'Crouching Tiger.'

Tiger's swing when he won the Masters by 12 shots - I loved that swing.

I don't play this game to be an average tight end.

When you played Kobe, it was something different. When you went to L.A., you made sure your shoes were tied extra tight. You made sure you got sleep, you made sure you ate better. He just made you better.

I'm not going to go out there and say that I'm better than X, I'm better than Y. I think I'm the best tight end in the game.

Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.

I play this game to be the best tight end I can possibly be and win as many football games as I possibly can.

We have to keep a very tight check on quality.

In terms of leadership, you've got to allow for people to be amazing and to contribute in a way that's meaningful. You can't hold on so tight that people don't get a chance to do what they do best.

I think I had a good rookie year, but at the end of the day, I want to be one of the best tight ends ever to play, and I'm going to set my standard for that and work toward that goal.

That's what the Olympics are about, is these tight games that bring out performances that make us really proud.

Obviously I want to be the best as a tight end.

A man who works with his hands is a labourer. A man who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. A man who works with his haands, his head, and his heart is an artist.