Stephen Gostkowski Quotes

The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.

When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance.

My biggest fear in life is to be average.

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

I don't think anybody wants to be mediocre.

The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

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

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.

When you have had a taste of excellence, you cannot go back to mediocrity.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Not failure, but low aim is sin.

Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

We will reach greater and greater platitudes of achievement.

To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

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

I am at the top of the pyramid, but I am not stupid, and I realise that one small step could see me fall down very quickly.

You never really get to be good at anything.

With some many talented people around, it is difficult to cut through competition and stand out.

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

I've learnt that being second is worthless.