Quotes About Excellence

I want to be remembered as, if not the best, then one of the best players ever. Not just running backs - players.

Ultimately you play the game to be the champion, to be remembered.

I definitely want to be, long time down the road when my career ends, whenever somebody mentions a top-five center or top-five power forward, they always got to mention my name. That's how I want to be remembered.

I want to be remembered one day as a great player, good athlete and a good professional.

I just want to fight and be remembered as the best, who fought everyone and beat them. Then the money, the numbers, the records, they all chase me.

I want to be the best I can and if it is possible be remembered like one of the best in Manchester.

No one remembers the guy who goes out and does an adequate job.

No one remembers who came in second.

That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.

As an actor my job is to deliver the best so that the audience not only likes my roles but also remembers them.

He's not anybody's clone. He's Ken Griffey, Jr. As long as he continues to remind himself of that, he's going to be a very good player.

Professorship is not a career, but rather a life's pursuit. The people with whom I work daily exemplify and remind me of this promise.

I always remind myself the only thing that matters is I perform on track and that's all I need to do.

An award, to me, means a bonus. It's not that an actor works for an award. I don't work for an award. But, when you get an award, it is encouraging and inspiring and reminds you that you need to do well.

I can't think of much higher praise to give a player than to say, 'This point guard reminds me of Jason Kidd.'

I always wanted to be a renaissance woman, do as many things as I possibly can and hopefully do them well or don't do them at all.

Winning is hard. Repeating is harder.

Repetition every day. That's something the great ones do is never get complacent.

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.

It's not easy to replace the best centre-back in the world.

President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice.

The players who play have to perform. If they don't, then they will be replaced. That has always been the case.

I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.

I want to represent my country to the best of my abilities. I want to make Reese Witherspoon proud.