Dick Vitale Quotes

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.

The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.

We will reach greater and greater platitudes of achievement.

I've never met a client who wants to be the worst.

It's always nice to be among the best teams but not everyone can do that.

It's always a good situation to have the target be on you because that means you have been playing well.

Fifty points at home and 50 points away is unheard of as a team and I'd love to keep improving.

I remembered that throughout my growing up and education and pursuing my dreams and desires, going into acting, and, of course, getting through Yale University and on and on and on, that being average, being mediocre was not an option that you should be proud of.

To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society

If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?

Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people.

Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

If you can dismiss the best in the world, it means you're doing something right and have the quality needed to perform at the highest level.

If the team is doing well, there are more chances to win individual prizes.

Sometimes when you're around a side you don't realise how good they are until you go away from home and they are a very fine team.

The Defensive Player of the Year is the guy that makes his team better. Not only gets stats - it's the guy that also has an impact on his teammates and leadership.

I played every sport in high school for one year. If I couldn't be great at it, I quit. I would rather not do it than be average.

I want to win. I don't want to spend the rest of my career on a last-place team. That's not the kind of player I feel like I am.

It's always a nice thought to be coming against the best managers.

I want to make Pro Bowls, do all the great things.

In my field, you either want to be great or you shouldn't be doing it.

You're only great if you win. I mean, Alexander wasn't Alexander the Mediocre or Alexander the Average. He was Alexander the Great, and there's a reason for it.

All the great players you ask always expect greatness.