Greg Maddux Quotes

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.

I actually think I play better now than I've ever played.

In baseball, you've got to keep working.

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.

Consistency is key in any sport and it's no different here.

Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that's left is The Extraordinary.

The best do sweat the small stuff. They get the seemingly insignificant details right. They have the discipline to shine at the baby things which they get gives birth to spectacular giant things.

It's not about how many games we win with me as captain, it's about us being consistently getting better over a long period of time and looking to be that number one side in the world.

Repetition every day. That's something the great ones do is never get complacent.

It's natural for players to be relaxed, so you have to be there to say, 'You have to do it again and again and again.'

Competition in football means someone will improve.

Excellence is not a single act. You are what you repeatedly do.

Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer.

I have to continue to train hard and when I have time to play I have to play well.

I'm working on staying aggressive in my game and fixing all the little details.

People with momentum can get so much done. Momentum is easy to lose and almost impossible to fake.

As long as every tournament, every year, you're getting better and better, that's all that matters.

There's always room to improve, so I'm going to continue to improve on defense, offense, being consistent and continuing to play hard.

Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

Sustained success is largely a matter of focusing regularly on the right things and making a lot of uncelebrated little improvements every day.

If we will concentrate on the best, that element will grow until it sparkles.

If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones.

The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things.