Mark Philippoussis Quotes

I think when you win the national championship, it works throughout your team. Where human nature is to say, I did well. I got my quota this month. Now do I get some time off? Do I get a bonus? Do I get to go on a cruise? But it's not to keep trying to be the best. That's not necessarily human nature.

You want to be the best at something.

If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

As I said this year, I didn't try to put any pressure on me by setting high goals or anything, I just want to make sure that every single time I'm out there on the court I do my best, I give 100%, and see where it's going to end up next year.

The way to do well is to do well.

I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them.

I know what it takes to get to the top.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.

What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them why it's always worth it to put the time and effort into something you want to be good at.

Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.

I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'

If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.

The most successful comics are always the hardest-working ones.

I try to do my best.

As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.