Quotes About Excellence

Some people say I'm the best back in the NFL. That's what drives you: You want everyone saying there's no doubt who's the best.

When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best.

But golf being an international game and everybody loving the game the way they do, if you want to spread the game of golf, it's good that you have great competition.

I know it sounds odd, but I want to make a Rolex-quality screwdriver.

At Yale we don't just want to make new things, we want to make things better.

I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn't you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.

Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.

A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.

I'm a person who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job and as a mother.

When I started out as a little kid, I didn't say 'I just want to run football.' I wanted to be a great athlete.

I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones.

Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter.

Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.

I am not a bloody ghoda running a race that you give me a tag. I am competitive, and the reason for that is that I want to do the best films.

The best players want to play in the best competition.

We're all competitors, you know? The player wants to get a hit. The manager wants to win. I want to get it right. To tell you the truth, I just love that competition.

When you do a film, all you want is to make the best film possible. You don't think about Oscars. But it's really flattering. Please, bring it on!

To be the best of all time, you have to do it over and over. I want to keep it up, and then the numbers will speak for themselves.

So we are pretty convinced we don't want to play huge stadiums unless we can play them well.

I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.

You must demand nothing less than the best of yourself and for yourself. You must tell yourself that it is not wrong to want it all.

Consistency is a huge thing at the top. It's hard to get to a good level, but once you get to a certain level, there's people who want your place.

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

Good customers want good quality service. Great customers want it even more.