Quotes About Excellence

Only super-efforts count.

The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.

Work is doing it. Discipline is doing it every day. Diligence is doing it well every day.

You should work at everything you do and try to perfect it as best you can.

And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.

On sheer ability, Mario is good enough to win scoring titles with a broken stick. On pure talent, he's the best there is. But Wayne almost never disappoints you. He comes to work every night.

The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less that that. My ability to concentrate and work toward hat goal has been my greatest asset.

A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.

A-plus players like to work together and they don't like it if you tolerate B work.

Perhaps it's true that I'm very hard on myself, but that's better than exhibiting mediocre work... too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.

Seeing other people do great work is its own form of inspiration and far more powerful than borrowing their ideas.

Critics only speak up when they see someone shining. Average work doesn't threaten them.

I'm always inspired by people who raise the bar, whether in their field of work, parenthood, or giving back.

If you look at winners of the Nobel Prize in biology, you'll find a fair smattering of people who don't know how to work a pipette.

I've prided myself on being in excellent condition-as good as any man in my profession. Now this doesn't come from sitting around on your rear end. This comes from hard, hard work.

I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

Most people, especially successful people, are hard-working. They want to participate. They want to do things well.

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.

Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top.

I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better.

If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding.