Quotes About Achievement

I don't play to be mediocre.

I'm not in the UFC to be mediocre.

We train to be the best. We don't train to be mediocre.

I never wanted to be mediocre at anything.

I don't want to be a mediocre player or average.

Everything about mediocrity kills me.

In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they shouldn't get.

Sports seemed an exciting medium to me.

All of my high school issues are resolved!

A lot of people don't always know how successful our brand is and we don't ever talk about it. But it's exciting to see the brand resonate so well with people.

With all due respect, I have a job to do, and that is to try and make 'Endeavour' the best it can be.

My work is not great, but it's respectable.

The goal is to do things that are exciting and respectable.

I know I was successful, I was liked and loved and respected; so I was happy with that.

I'm respected, I'm still working, what more could I ask?

You know, as a woman, it is tough to get to the top - like to get to that respected level in this industry - in any industry, I think.

You've got to win. You've got to win to be respected in this league.

To write a song is one thing, to get it to No.1 is another and to have a respected artist cover it is incredible. It's great to know my songs will be around for a long time.

When you're you long enough, you get to this space where people start respecting you.

I think the athletes respond well to me because I have been successful.

I think we respond well when we do something well.

You can't really ask for anything more than to be working for your entire life - and to be doing something that some people respond to.

I'm very happy with the response for everything I've done, but, you know, sometimes you get things like, 'Oh, 'Spaced' Series One wasn't as good as 'Spaced' Series Two.' Or 'Shaun of the Dead' is not as good as 'Spaced,' or, 'Hot Fuzz' is not as good as 'Shaun.' Or, now, 'The World's End' is not 'Shaun of the Dead.'

I am very happy for the kind of response I am getting for my work, but there was a lot of hard work that has gone into it.