Striving for Greatness Quotes

The good is the enemy of the best.

Why would I give up so much to just be another singer or another person doing what he loves? I'm out here doing everything to the best of my capability to be the best.

I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.

It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.

You must want to be first-class ...meaning the best, the very best you are capable of becoming. If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be deeply unhappy for the rest of your life. You will be evading your own capacities, your own possibilities.

Me and success are two things you don't wanna find yo ass between. Back against the wall like plasma screens.

Comfort kills! If your goal in life is to be comfortable, I guarantee two things. First, you will never be rich. Second, you will never be happy. Happiness doesn't come from living a lukewarm life, always wondering what could have been. Happiness comes as a result of being in our natural state of growth and living up to our fullest potential.

Don't settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.

To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.

I've tried to do everything possible to prepare myself and prepare our football team to be great.

Grind Hard, Shine Hard.

I believe it is better to live a dream rather than to simply dream it. The dream is the start of something greater, something that impels us to make daring decisions. And it's true that the person who pursues a dream takes many risks. But the person who does not runs risks that are even greater.

Anything worth achieving is worth overachieving.

Living a life is much like climbing mountains-the summits are always further off than you think, but when a man has a goal, he always feels he's working toward something.

I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.

I'm a man, and I think every man wants to be No. 1.

Reach Up Your Hand... and take a star.

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great?

I'm a competitor; I like to try to be the best at everything I do.

We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

I just want to be myself. You learn from yourself, and that doesn't mean you have to drive slower; it actually means you have to drive faster, but maybe with a little bit in control, and that's what I learned.

Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low.

When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.

I don't feel competition at all. I just feel like I want to be the best. In everything that Michael (Jackson) did, he was the best. When he was dancing, when he was singing, he always wanted to be the best, and that's me... He's the guideline.