Quotes About Excellence

tuhaf olan, hep güzel olandan daha iyidir.

Think Epic. Imagine Awesome.

Gathering wool, are we? (Ewan) Nay, merely practicing irritating you, and by the looks of your face, I'd say I'm doing a rather remarkable job of it. My mother always says that any effort worth pursuing is worth pursuing well. (Nora)

There's something about doing a job well that is akin to art.

chose twenty-three because he hoped to be half as good a player as his brother Larry who wore number forty-five.

We're both serving with some of the brightest lights in Starfleet. It's easy to get lost in the shadows of their brilliance.

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

I focus on one thing and one thing only--that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

I'm chasing perfection.

Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.

You were born to be amazing.

When you wake the town this morning, ring the bells as if you were the greatest musician on earth. Make each stroke count. Invent sounds you've never heard before. Reach deep down inside you for inspiration. Make your grandfather pround.

Some people are not used to an environment where excellence is expected

Seven principles that drive Steve Jobs - 1. Career - Do what you love 2. Vision - Put a dent in the Universe 3. Thoughts - Kick start your brain 4. Customers - Sell dreams, not products 5. Design - Say no to 1,000 things 6. Experience - Create insanely great experiences 7. Story - Master the message

Only some things are worth doing well. Most things that are worth doing are only worth doing sloppily. Many things aren't worth doing at all. Anything not worth doing at all is certainly not worth doing well.

I believe ability can get you to the top," says coach John Wooden, "but it takes character to keep you there.… It's so easy to … begin thinking you can just 'turn it on' automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you're there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, 'More than ability, they have character.'

Think about your hero. Do you think of this person as someone with extraordinary abilities who achieved with little effort? Now go find out the truth. Find out the tremendous effort that went into their accomplishment—and admire them more.

All at once, she understood what a champion was: someone who could raise their level of play when they needed to. When the match is on the line, they suddenly "get around three times tougher.

título, en él argumenta que la creatividad no es un acto mágico de inspiración, sino el resultado de mucho trabajo y entrega, hasta para Mozart.

Lo que quiero decir es que incluso cuando piensas que algo no se te da bien, todavía puedes meterte de lleno en ello con entusiasmo y mantenerlo. En realidad, si te sumerges de cabeza en algo es porque no lo dominas. Esto es un rasgo maravilloso de la mentalidad de crecimiento: no tienes que pensar que ya eres excelente en algo que quieras hacer y que disfrutas haciendo.

While she admired those who excelled, she considered sports a torture to be avoided if at all possible.