Quotes About Excellence

I joined Nike because I wanted to be the best female athlete ever.

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.

Nintendo is a company of Kyoto craftsmen, and what we don't want to do is, if we know we can make something better, we don't want to leave that behind.

Any man who goes into anything in life and does it better than the average will have a successful life. If he does it worse than the average, his life will not be successful. And no business can exist in which success cannot be won on that basis.

If we don't do our job well, then there's no doubt that big, strong companies like Amazon will look into whether they can do better themselves.

There is no doubt that Nathan Lyon is a great spinner but so were Shane Warne, Muttiah Muralitharan and Graeme Swann.

There's no doubt what the goal in Boston is. There is no grey, it is black and white. You're going to try to win the whole thing every single year.

I've no idea if I want to do this for the rest of my life, so I want to try and work with the best people I can.

I have no interest in doing anything other than good work.

It was weird, I saw the Brian Stann vs. Wanderlei fight, I thought, if I don't have another of those in me, there's no point in continuing. I never really cared about winning or losing, then don't put the product out there at all if it's going to be subpar.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110%, or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.

There is no point of doing anything if you're not going to do it all the way.

But - there's no point in aiming to be Number Two. You've got to have a plan-to-win attitude.

I expect a lot of myself. There is no point turning up if you don't think you can win.

When you have quality and show it, there's no problem.

There is competition for places and everyone is bringing the best out of each other. There is no problem there. It's just the way it is.

Sometimes the reason offered for seeking aesthetic excellence in the music of the church is that thereby one pleases God. I think that is true. But not because we know what music God enjoys-- though I suspect it must be music which is unified, rich, and intense! Rather, because it is in the joy of his people that God finds delight.

This book is about work, and nobody ever worked harder than these two, or at a higher standard, while connectiong with so many people for so long.

Practice makes perfect, But nothings perfect so why bother practicing?

Let one concentrate all his energies in one single great effort, let him perceive a single truth, even though he be consumed by the sacred fire, then millions of less gifted men can easily follow. Therefore it is not as much quantity as quality of work which determines the magnitude of the progress.

Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the richest gem in the diadem of her honor.

And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.

Doing it right, is more important than doing it fast. I can do it fast and right.

If our father had had his say, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.