Michael Cimino Quotes

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.

To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.

Sometimes you hit the ball on target and sometimes you don't.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

The harder you work, the less mistakes you make. The fewer mistakes you make, the better your chances of winning.

You are not guaranteed to be part of that story if you don't perform.

I don't like setting goals - I don't like to be disappointed.

If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.

Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.

We strivin' for perfection.

The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others.

If you rewrite a paragraph fifty times and forty-nine of them are terrible, that's fine; you only need to get it right once.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

Success isn't supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There's no guarantee you're going to succeed. There's nothing set in stone.

You win some, lose some, and wreck some.

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.

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

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

I am not a bomber. I'm more about precision and being target-oriented. I have to rely on all parts of my game firing if I'm going to win.

Without having a goal, it's difficult to score.

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

I expected results.

I just think if you're going to do something, do it properly.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.