Quotes About Excellence

It is impossible to follow Cristiano Ronaldo in training. When we arrive, he is already training, when we leave he is still training, I have never seen a player like it.

The U.S.A. have a 'football arrogance,' which means winning is in their DNA - nothing else is good enough.

You know when you play for Arsenal, if you want to play for Arsenal, you need to be very, very good.

If you play for Arsenal, it means that you have some quality.

I like singing too much, and I believe in the art form, the musical. When it's great, there's nothing better, and when it's bad, there's nothing worse.

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

I have worked with National award-winning artiste Upendra Limaye in a film and he is a fantastic actor.

Working with artistic people is very special, especially when they are so professional.

Ön, ha fels?bbrend? ember, menjen egyenest emelt f?vel el?re. De meg kell majd küzdenie az irigységgel, a rágalommal, a középszer?séggel, az egész világgal.

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation

A man without a flaw.

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

Because of this drug thing, baseball doesn't care about the record holder. He's just standing out there. Baseball cares about the standard of excellence, and that means people will always look to Henry Aaron.

Henry Aaron is the standard of excellence.

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.

Students of extraordinariness lack strong models that can be crisply tested.

Influential thinkers in the West have done an admirable job of cleaving apart excellence in technique from distinction in morality. We appreciate that a person can be highly skilled without being moral in the least; that a person can be ethical without having the requisite competence; and that many of us stand out neither in terms of excellence nor social responsibility.

They were about self-examination in the pursuit of excellence, and a willingness not to embrace the status quo. This is a cornerstone of my leadership philosophy.

I could not allow us, or myself, to drift into a sea of mediocrity after so many years of hard work

I had written hundreds of memos during my 26 years at the company, and all had shared a common thread. They were about self-examination in the pursuit of excellence, and a willingness not to embrace the status quo. This is a cornerstone of my leadership philosophy.

Nothing is casual. Everything requires work, research, and thought. Agonize. Take it seriously. Don't leave it up to someone else, and don't phone it in. There is no such thing as a shortcut if you are going to turn in good work. If I ever enjoy the process, I know I have somehow produced something worthless.

achievement is valued and rewarded above all else.