Quotes About Excellence

We know Messi is the best in the world. That means he is unpredictable, so you have to keep focused.

Messi is really unpredictable. He's head-and-shoulders above everyone. Undeniably.

Great as Alabama's football teams are, the golf team I played on there in 2012 was unreal.

Kobe's dedication to the game is unreal. And I mean that in the truest sense... it was literally unbelievable.

Billy Slater was one I used to see do extras after training and his catching technique was unreal, so I really looked up to him and followed.

In my work I think what drives me is perfection. I'm a chronically unsatisfied guy.

Leo would also be unstoppable if I played him at full-back. Messi is simply the best there is.

No one beat Michael Jordan. No one. You could say a lot of different things, but the man was unstoppable. He was unstoppable. And I will continue to say that.

I play beside one of the unsung heroes in David Vaughan. It's a privilege to play with him: he is breathtaking at times.

If I have got to be a soldier, I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable.

For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

Make your work deeper and better than those before you, and eventually someone will notice. If you don't think the work is better than what you've seen, then go back until it is.

Never leave a rhinestone unturned.

Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation.

I pride myself on leaving no stone unturned as far as being the most prepared that I can be.

That's the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That's it. Every MC knows that. If I'm on a track with you, I want to be the best on the track. That's just how it is in hip-hop.

For me, my aim is to just be as good as possible. If people do look up to me, I have to set the best example I can.

I knew that, to be the best right-back in the world, I had to improve my fitness so I could run up and down constantly for 90 minutes.

Bayen need quality, you have to invest and upgrade!

I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.

It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence when it comes to providing medical care. This proposed rule will be harmful to communities who wish to upgrade their medical facilities.

I'm having to deal with the LeBrons, Paul Georges, Gianniss, KDs, the 6ft 8in to 6ft 11in guys who can do everything at my height, shoot, play make, block shots, defend. They set the precedent I've got to uphold. There's no excuse for me. That's my goal, to be at their level.

At the upper echelon of musicians in general, I guess performers in general, you have to have this kind of live-or-die, cutthroat mentality.

I train seven days a week. I'm mentally and physically prepared for any situation that I might be thrown in, and that's what puts me in the upper echelon compared to other Knockouts.