Brian Tracy Quotes

I want to be one of the guys, but I also want to be 'the' guy, the guy that can go out there and they can rely on in crunch time. I'm going to be the guy that they know will show up every day, every game, every play and show up on a consistently great level.

Right from the start of my career I was surrounded by people like Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith, who gave 100 percent in every performance.

The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.

It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

I demand excellence from the people I work with.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

I'm most proud of the fact I carried myself on and off the field consistently for what the NFL stands for.

If you want to remain the best, you have to keep on doing what you are good at.

Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out.

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.

I want to be the best. I want to be counted on by my teammates. I want to be counted on by this organization and the fans. I want to be someone they know is going to bring it every single week. I prepare to be the best.

It is difficult to take in how long you have been doing one thing when you compete at the highest level and always with the highest intensity.

You have to win your place every day and train at 100 percent always.

Lately, I have realised that when you play at the highest level, you have to play according to what the team demands.

Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi never ever stop playing for the team. If I were young today, they are players on which I would mirror myself. Players of this level, play for the team. Players that are the best because they prepared themselves to bet You don't see these players going out, on social media, skipping training to be in parties.

My goal is to be the best player on the field every down and every game. If I achieve that, then I will achieve any goal I set forth.

There is no comfort zone. You continue to work hard, to be consistent and to deliver performances.

I only had an A game... no matter where I was.

My deal, I want to be the best to ever play the game and I try to bring that same energy for my team, laying it all on the line for them.