Marcus Buckingham Quotes

I always want more. I always want my team to perform to their best.

You're going to have to bring your 'A' game.

No… I don't coach to be average, I'll tell you that.

I want to be at the top of my game.

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

I am at my best when I am scoring.

We will reach greater and greater platitudes of achievement.

I always thrive on wanting to play against the best.

I put up some great numbers.

You have to win your place every day and train at 100 percent always.

The most important thing is to be successful on the field. Being second in the world is an unbelievable achievement. But for me, as a coach, you want to be the best - you get nothing for being second. We want to be the best in our field.

Anytime you win 10 games, let's look around the world, the country, and there's not a lot that do it consistently.

I didn't dream about becoming a professional: I dreamed about becoming the best in the world.

You always want someone pushing you all the time who is competitive and at the top of their game so you can become a better driver.

You want to play against the best - at least I do. I want to go out there and compete against the best players.

I want to be a top player.

Any time, as an athlete, you taste victory, you taste the top of the mountain, you want to get there again.

That is what all the top players do and if you want to be the best you know you are going to get marked.

It's a whole new world once you get to the professional rankings, being able to continue to stay on top.

My aim is to be counted among the top players.

If you're going to be world-class, you have to focus.

All the great players you ask always expect greatness.

Just as I am working hard to adjust to a new level, someone comes along and asks me to move up again. I'm not complaining about it; I just get on with trying to make sure I don't let anyone down. Training with England is just a different gravy again. Movement-wise, finishing-wise, you can learn such a lot from watching the very best in action.

I want my performance to be at the highest level of anybody in the company. I want to make everybody step up to me.

Training programs shouldn't be designed to deliver competence; they must be dedicated to producing excellence. Serious organizations don't aspire to be comfortably above average.