Quotes About Excellence

Obviously, Kobe is one of the greatest players to ever play the game.

There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

I want to become one of the best players, so if you want to be one the best, you have to elevate all aspects of your game.

I want the best players to be linked with Liverpool and coming to Liverpool.

I've had good players in my time. I really have.

Imran never lost faith in us as players, individually and as a team, and that gave us the confidence to win. He was a leader par excellence, and Pakistan have seen none like him.

I always say the best players I have ever worked with are the hardest players I have ever worked with.

Every time I'm on the court, I think I'm the best player. That's the mind-set a lot of players should have.

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

The dream would be to work with my two favorite actors, Daniel Day Lewis and Cate Blanchett. Or playing Joaquin Phoenix's brother in a film. Basically anything where I get to act opposite actors like these; ones who bring a certain caliber to their work and literally morph into the character they are playing.

I encourage all players to work to be their best, which includes looking for opportunities beyond the playing field.

It's about getting hot, playing good football come playoff time.

In the playoffs, the best players are supposed to play better. I did. It made no difference.

The playoffs bring the best out of people.

It's one thing to make it to the NBA. It's one thing to make the playoffs your first year. It's one thing to make the playoffs your second year. But if you want to be great, you've got to continue to work.

I don't just want to make the playoffs or get to the first or second round. When I compete or make it to the playoffs, I expect to win every time.

I just want us to be playing our best basketball here when the playoffs start, and in the right mindset.

It's cool to make the playoffs. It's not cool to lose in the first round anymore. The goal is to make the Finals.

Joe Montana had bad games in the playoffs against the Giants and Chicago Bears; that doesn't stop us from considering him as possibly the best.

I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.

I just approach everything by just doing the best job I can do and try to be a pleasant person.

I'm in this to be the best fighter in the world, to put on entertaining shows, and to please the fans.

Mr. Best has expressed the desire to work with me, and I should be more than pleased to have him. His work has been excellent, and he is absolutely honest, careful, and impartial and has taken a great interest in the work.

No, I'm never pleased if we don't win some type of championship, meaning Big 12 or national.