Quotes About Excellence

I was on the sideline with a knee injury and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition.

It might be okay for somebody else on the roster to sit on the sideline but it's not okay for me to be. I'm the franchise player, I'm the guy on both the microphone and in the ring.

You don't have a real rivalry unless both sides are great teams.

Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed.

I definitely want people to believe that if I have signed a project, it will be good.

I've always wanted Sundial Brands to be an inspiration to other minority-owned companies of how a business against all odds can achieve excellence, have significant social impact in our communities, and be successful on a world stage.

I don't like it when people say I was the best ever. It's silly. I am not the best ever. I was the best of my time.

Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.

I won a silver medal. But really, I ended up running the fastest race of my life to become part of something that transcended the Games.

I come into these competitions to win, not to get silver or bronze, so it is frustrating.

At Oracle, silver medal is first loser.

I have always believed it is not enough just to wear the silver fern and I do not regret pushing myself to try to deliver my best possible performance.

There's a lot of similarities with everything I try to do with my cricket - it's no different now to my business. You want to be as good as you possibly can. You get out of bed every day to try to become better. The same applies with Hublot - they want to be the first to achieve things.

High reputation beats high similarity.

Every department from the director to the art takes their time to set up, similarly as an actor it is your responsibility to take your time. Never be in a rush.

In New Japan, it is kept very simple. It's about proving to the other man or woman that you are the better person. And guess what? It's about championships.

I am a simple person, I try to do my best on the pitch and do nothing wrong both on and off the pitch.

I think what really people want is just a few things done really, really well. And if you think about ever day of your life, the things you really appreciate aren't the complicated things. They're the simple things that work just the way you expect them to.

Football - a simple game really, yet generally, in the game, we make the simple things seem harder. But it's those simple things that get you to the top.

I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.

The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

The professional knows when he has fallen short of his own standards. He will murder his darlings without hesitation, if that's what it takes to stay true to the goddess and to his own expectations of excellence.

The amateur plays for fun. The professional plays for keeps.