Patrice Motsepe 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.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

Nothing is more expensive than mediocrity.

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

We strivin' for perfection.

High expectations are the key to everything.

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.

Demand excellence.

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

Performance is something we all strive to be better at. I'm no different than that. Who wants to look bad?

My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.

I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness.

To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

I've always been someone who thought it didn't matter where you were playing. I always shot for the best you could get. It never bothered me if it was small or it was big.

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

You need to perform consistently, and if you're raising the standard, you have to stand by it. You have to keep on doing well.

If I follow the media and everyone that tries to set expectations for me because I'm a high draft pick, if I follow that, I will never become a great player.

The problem is that we set the bar so high, and our stuff is so good, it's tough to top.

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

I wanted to be consistent in my career and not have an off year. I wanted to play well and be on top of things.

When you do something, you want to be the best.

Results are a consequence of doing things well and having high standards, improving the detail of how we play.

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