Quotes About Excellence

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

Some people will have their opinions, but to be in the league, you have to have confidence that you're one of the best.

The higher the opponent for me, the more that I shine.

I want to fight every opponent and take them out, no matter who it is. I'm here to prove that I'm the best in the division.

As a competitive athlete, you always want to come out on top and give your best work. So whether it's my sister or any other opponent, I'm competitive.

People who are great at what they do, they do it the same way no matter who the opponent is.

I just want to be as good as I can be with any opponent I have and hear everyone say 'that was her best match ever.'

Gigi is a leader during the big moments in any season, on the pitch and off it. Everyone, whether they're a team-mate or an opponent, says he makes the difficult things look easy.

As an opponent, the fiercest bouts were always against Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a fantastic player.

I just have to play my best against my opponents.

At the highest level, you are playing the best from an opposing country, so the margin of error is very little.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

Parents like options when it comes to their children's education. And they respond to quality.

It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing.

An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.

In order to be the man, you have to beat the man.

In order to be the best, you have to be around the best.

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

In order to be a great, you gotta be among the greats.

You just have to keep coming to work in order to be the best.

I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.

I've never been in a business where safety performance was excellent and the business performance was not, so they go hand in hand, and for me, safety performance is an indication of discipline, of focus and of how joined up an organisation is.

I think, in football, you need to be competitive. You need quality. You need to be organised and to push.

I think the whole Rockets organization has done amazing things.