Quotes About Excellence

I'm Austin Seferian-Jenkins. He's Tony Gonzalez. He's the best tight end to ever play the game. So that's a real strong comparison. I'm just going to do my job and leave the comparisons up to the coaches and the media.

If I could hire a coach in this country and I could get Tony Bennett, there would be nobody in second place. Nobody.

If I really had a true racing hero, I would say it's Tony Stewart, who I've always believed to be the best race car driver ever.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn't like to miss or lose.

I learned no detail was too small. It was all about the details.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

It's never too late to be great.

I think that the consistency on being great and a top player, you know, it's always been the goal because it's not too many people that can sustain greatness for a long time.

I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.

Having the tools and the intangibles mean nothing unless you are surrounded by the best.

My biggest obligation is to serve the people of this organization, and to serve them well. I serve them with the best benefit packages, whether it's health care, dental or a 401(k) plan. I support them with the tools they need to be the very best they can possibly be.

A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.

Getting to the top is not so easy; staying there is more difficult.

It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.

Being at the top of your game intellectually, philosophically, politically, is not a forever thing.

I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.

Getting to the top is one thing, but staying there is quite another. That's the difficult bit.

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

Building takes passion and energy. Maintenance is awful. It's nothing but fatigue. Once you reach the top, maintaining that beast is awful.

I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.

My aim is to be counted among the top players.

Real Madrid is a club where you have to go when you are mature and at the top of your game.