Quotes About Excellence

No-one can put in his best performance unless he feels secure," Deming wrote,

I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do the best work possible, and to always know my lines and to always be on time and to bring a level to the show in terms of quality that other people will follow.

The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both." –James A. Michener

It's about glory. It's about doing things in style, with a flourish. It's about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.

Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

I demand more from myself than anybody else could possibly expect of me.

Un artesano que desempeña perfectamente su función es indudablemente superior a un rey que se desvíe y no esté a la altura de su dignidad

I'm afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker.

If I did any movies I'd have to take a break from singing, because I'd want it to be really good.

Take what you have and just make it the best it could be.

The reason that most people don't possess these extraordinary physical capabilities isn't because they don't have the capacity for them, but rather because they're satisfied to live in the comfortable rut of homeostasis and never do the work that is required to get out of it. They live in the world of "good enough." The same thing is true for all the mental activities we engage in,

The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.

Bir ?eyi yapman?n en çabuk, en kolay ve en ucuz yolu ilk seferinde düzgün yapmakt?r.

You don't have to enjoy your work to be good at it. Frankly, I don't like what I do. It offends me. But I'm the best in the business.

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.

he suggested that his mental state had something to do with the " awful fact of excellence . . . it is that fact now, combined with my inability to solder two copper wires together, which is probably succeeding in getting me crazy.

I am not in competition against anyone. The only person I am in competition against is myself because I believe in the greatness of human potential and purpose. You should always strive to be the very best you can be. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophy for Timeless Thoughts by Kailin Gow

If someone does a Great job or provide excellent service, make sure to recognize and reward them! If someone wrote a book you enjoy, tell them. If you want people to put out their best and to strive for excellence, encourage and support them. - Strong by Kailin Gow on Leadership

If you seek to be a legend in your field, it will help you to understand that you will have to be comfortable being an outcast. For you will not fit into this society. And if you do fit neatly into this society, there is no way that you will be a legend.

you are essentially saying is that success is for the mediocre.

if one has given the whole of himself to becoming a Master, he will do what is necessary to become it. And it will be a joy for him. It will be an intense journey. And peaceful the entire way. Hard work and practice are for those who try to become that which they secretly believe that it is difficult for them to become.

Always let your work talk for yourself. No matter how much you give interviews or how much you are written about, it is always the performance which counts.

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.