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Quotes About Excellence

One of the marks of excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and future potential.
~ Brian Tracy
Annika's my role model, and I wish in the future I could be like her.
~ Yani Tseng
Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess
~ Haile Selassie
Believe in the best ... have a goal for the best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best
~ Henry Ford
Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.
~ Frederic Chopin
It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.
~ Geno Auriemma
Actually to be a champion your goal is to be a little bit better each day, making sure that every day is an opportunity to be at your best.
~ Phil Heath
The main aim is to up my game at every possible turn without compromise.
~ Nicky Romero
Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League.
~ Tony Dungy
You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.
~ Billie Jean King
Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.
~ James Harvey Robinson
Don't set your goals to be a star. Set your goals to be the best that you can be and go from there.
~ Dominique Dawes
There is no kind of ultimate goal to do something twice as good as anyone else can. It's just to do the job as best you can. If it turns out good, fine. If it doesn't, that's the way it goes.
~ Chuck Yeager
Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there.
~ Unknown
The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.
~ Peggy Fleming
I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation.
~ Rick Rubin
A good goal is one that is important and beautiful.
~ Eric Cantona
And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world as a whole and setting forth clearly goals for achievement.
~ Willard Libby
The end goal is to become FIFA Women's Player of the Year.
~ Carli Lloyd
Whether you sell hamburgers or computers, we're all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers' expectations every day.
~ Dave Thomas
The goal every year is to win the Super Bowl, not just to get to the playoffs, not just to win a few games.
~ Calvin Johnson
Personal excellence can be achieved by a visionary goal, through planning, dedicated execution, and total follow-through.
~ Gerald R. Ford
Having your goal to focus on is key, but don't let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.
~ Bill Rodgers
Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.
~ Michael Jordan