Laurence J. Peter Quotes

I understand that you cannot always be on the top or be the best.

It's the best fifth place I've ever had.

I've set no world record.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

You give a good leader very little and he will succeed; you give mediocrity a great deal and he will fail.

When I get out there 100 percent, everybody will see what kind of player I am.

There's always going to be a last-place guy.

I don't think anybody wants to be mediocre.

I expect to play well.

It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can reasonably be expected of it.

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

I've done some good work and some not-good work.

In any area of human endeavour, there is going to be mediocrity. You're going to find people who get money that they shouldn't get.

Talent is very hot.

Don't let anything but your talent affect your success.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability.

If you're good at it, you can win.

Knowing the strike zone is very important, but I think the first thing is knowing yourself, knowing what things you do well.

If he can't do it with Ferrari, well, he can't do it.

Merit should count more than academic background.

It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.