Quotes About Excellence

No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.

All I really try and do is live up to my potential and do as well as I possibly could and to bring to the ballpark each and every day a good effort and do the best that I could each and every day.

Be the best, not necessarily the original.

Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.

You don't have to be the best .... But, you have to be YOUR best.

I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.

Why be second best at anything?

My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.'

You don't ever want to go out there and not be the best. You want to be the best cop that you can. Be the best writer you can be. Everybody has their goals. Everybody has their dreams.

The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.

If you want to be successful, you have to be the best person doing it. And in order to be the best person doing it, you have to get your work ethic right and keep going.

The challenge to be the best is what drives me and to just improve my body every day.

What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.

You're as good as the best thing you've ever done.

The standard is not writ on the stone. The definition of the standard is that it is the best way to do the job for now. It should be regarded as a next step to make further improvement.

I've always been a player and a person who wanted to be the best at whatever he did.

If you know you're the best it only makes sense for you to surround yourself with the best.

For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

You have to feel you're the best at what you do. You don't have to come out and say it. But you have to know it within yourself.

We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

I want to be the best. So whatever comes with that, I have to accept it.

If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations.

We don't have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.

I need to be the best Chris Brown I can be.