Bob Jones Sr. Quotes

No one has earned the right to do less than their best.

I try to do my best.

I expect perfection from myself.

Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.

I've been a guy who's never really been satisfied. Work hard, try to figure out ways to improve, try to figure out ways to sustain a certain level of play.

My parents gave us all a chance to accomplish our goals, and I was blessed with that - I was lucky with that - and I learnt at a very young age that anything less than my best wasn't acceptable.

I'm very critical of myself and I know the levels I want to achieve so I'm very hard on myself. So the staff and players are very hard on me as well, which is what I want as I want to get to as high a level as possible.

I work really hard. I'm a perfectionist.

I try to be best at everything I do.

I hold myself to the highest of standards.

Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.

Do everything to the best of your ability.

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

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that, I'll have to accept.

I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.

I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.

Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare - and special - human beings who use the fullness of their talents to do their very best.

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

All you can do is the best you can do.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

I always wanted to be the best and to get the most out of myself.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.