Debbi Fields Quotes

If you don't seek perfection, you can never reach excellence.

Perfection is the often the enemy of greatness.

I want to be great, something special.

I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world?

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

Demand excellence.

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.

I don't understand people who just live to exist, live to be OK. Live to be regular, live to be average. It doesn't make any sense to me. I live to be the best. I don't live to be good. You only get one life, and I live to be great. I live to be special.

I want to be great, not good.

I want to be great. I want to be the best.

Never settle for second when first is available

I'm not just trying to be a good game manager. I'm trying to be great.

I don't think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great.

How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

Let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life.

Aspire, break bounds. Endeavor to be good, and better still, best.

America will no longer settle for anything less than the best. We must reclaim our destiny.

Strive for perfection - never be content with mediocrity. You don't win until you conquer the little flaws. You don't beat these great ones until your form is perfect. This is true in all of life. A flaw in a product can ruin a business. A personal failing, a little one, can ruin a person's life. Don't be content with mediocrity - strive to live up to the greatest within you.

Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

We strivin' for perfection.

You don't set off in life to be mediocre. At least, I don't.

I'm chasing perfection.

My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential. For me, that means working with the best people and working with the best material.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.