Quotes About Excellence

We are being super selective on who we bring in and really just trying to hire the very best.

The gymnastic events are really what I tune into the Summer Olympics for.

The great ones have the ability to focus and tune everything else out and see more than the others. Average quarterbacks have tunnel vision. They see what's in front of them. The better you get, the more that tunnel expands, and the more guys on the field you see.

I think that Tupac was the trendsetter, the high mark. What we hope his music will continue to do is to at least encourage people away from mediocrity, because he was not a mediocre artist. When he was alive, people competed. There was a lot of competition, and a lot of the artists were better for it.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right. And the people out on the front line, they know when things are not going right, and they know when things need to be improved. And if you listen to them, you can soon improve all those niggly things which turns an average company into an exceptional company.

I'm very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do, and if that turns you into a perfectionist, then maybe I am.

Look, I'm going to turn on the TV to watch LeBron. I don't care if he's better than Jordan. He's amazing at what he does. Why does it matter if he's better than MJ or not?

I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.

You can't really compare any TV show to a show written by Aaron Sorkin.

There are a handful of talented individuals that are always going to do a better job. If you look at the amount of TV shows or movies, there's only a handful that rise to the top.

Whether it's TV shows or the films that I've done, it's always a priority for me that the entire script should be good.

If I'm going to work for twelve hours a day, I want twelve hours of awesomeness!

The goal for the top American isn't the top twenty - it's top ten, top five, number one in the world.

Brooklyn for twenty years, I've learned that there is always someone better than you at what you do.

I had great grades. Why? Because I studied twice as long and twice as hard as everybody else.

As a woman of color, we're raised to know we have to be twice as good.

I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good all the time.

I always felt like I had something to prove, like I had to work twice as hard to make sure I got it. I knew I didn't want to be a good skier. I wanted to be the best.

Redefine the sport in terms of your expertise, in terms of your talent, in terms of your strength, in terms of your flair. Make it interesting. Make it something that people want to watch.

I firmly believe that Harper's Bazaar is the star. I am there to make it the best it possibly can be, but there should be no confusion. I want to put Harper's Bazaar front and center.

Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.

I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.

All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.