Quotes About Excellence

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs. And right then, I had the feeling that I had more in me, that if I gave it my all, I might be able to offer people something special. "Wisdom" is a strong word, but maybe that was it.

When giving an apology, any performance lower than an A really doesn't cut it.

I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough.

I never wanted to be famous; I only wanted to be great.

If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class.

The quality of an individual is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

To do the job which you've got really well; so well that you don't lose your self-respect doing it':

The final mark of a saint is not perfection, but lived virtue. It is the striving for holiness throughout the arc of a life that makes a saint.

She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong." But she is not using her strengths and abilities to compete with her husband. She is not driven by an identity crisis or treating her marriage as a matter of sexual politics. She is too mature for that. She is giving herself away to her husband, her family, and her community with wholehearted selflessness. A woman of this quality is rare: "An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

Life is too short to do mediocre work. Measure twice, cut once. Raise the bar. Exceed expectations. Create value. Leave your mark.

I'll work my butt off to do something well.

My goal is to be really incredible by the time I'm 70.

I would be proud if I can score as many runs as Rahul Dravid by the time I retire and serve the country as long as he did.

I want to leave Cal with a winning legacy.

If you're just trying to get by, you're going to be left behind. The caliber of shows I'm on are incredible, and it makes me just want to raise that bar even more.

I stay really calm and just try to do my best all the time.

I think when the cameras are on him is when Coach Switzer is at his best.

I prefer to train alone at SAI camp in Hyderabad. I don't train at national camp at NIS Patiala.

One thing I've learned from all my time with Team Canada is that they're very, very prepared so knowing that's part of the DNA of Team Canada, you have to be prepared with whatever area your responsibility belongs to.

The Canadian teams just have great training and great coaches and that's sort of why there's the expectation that they're going to win. But there's a lot of really good teams coming out of the European countries.

I just cannot take mediocrity. I just cannot take it on any level.