Quotes by Subject: Excellence
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There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living. | |||
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. | |||
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. | |||
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. | |||
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. | * | ||
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. | |||
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity. | |||
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. | |||
Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. | |||
Men are born to succeed, not fail. | |||
Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball. | |||
The noblest search is the search for excellence. | |||
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. | |||
The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it's the opposition. | |||
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. | |||
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them. | |||
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. | * | ||
Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. | |||
Only the mediocre are always at their best. | |||
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. | |||
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. | * | ||
Champions keep playing until they get it right. | |||
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. | |||
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. | |||
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg. | |||
Where facts are few, experts are many. | |||
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction. | |||
Doing a thing well is often a waste of time. | |||
I’m not just involved in tennis but committed. Do you know the difference between involvement and committment? Think of ham and eggs. The chicken is involved. The pig is committed. | * | ||
Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. | |||
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. | |||
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