Excellence Pursuit Quotes

I always said I wanted to become a master of my game, like Bruce Lee. I mastered my art of football, because that's what it truly is when you understand it.

When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from.

My goal is to the best player in the NBA. That's what I'm focusing on each and every day.

I just want to be one of the greatest players to play. That's my mind set. That's how I approach the game.

I turned pro to be a world champion. Obviously that's the first goal, but I want to be the best in the world.

I will never be satisfied, like the Olympics.

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

We are PSG - we want to be the best PSG possible.

Good is the enemy of great.

I hate losing, and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to be the best at whatever it is I'm doing.

I'm not interested in the difference between good and bad, I'm interested in the differences between good and great.

I always try to do better than I have before, so I think it would be good to break the world record.

I will continue as long as I know I have the potential to be the best.

I want to find the best opportunity to become the best in the world.

We're trying to improve everyone. It doesn't matter if he cost £10 million, £15 million, £200 million. There is always space to do something better.

So, regardless of what they do, we have to play like we’re capable of playing. That’s a greater challenge in itself, but that’s really what we’re after.

Maybe some people think that it's all about the hype, about the fame, but it's not. It's all about being the best. It's all about challenging myself everyday.

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy it.

Good is the enemy of great. And that's one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.

The combination of creative energies and the need to perform at the highest level to keep up with peers leads to an otherwise unattainable commitment to excellence.

If our goal is to write poetry, the only way we are likely to be any good is to try to be as great as the best.

When you begin moving toward excellence, you will find very little competition. You're competing with only 20% of the population.

I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.

I don't want to lose to an average champion. I want to lose to a great champion.

Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery.