Frank Perdue Quotes

Any man who goes into anything in life and does it better than the average will have a successful life. If he does it worse than the average, his life will not be successful. And no business can exist in which success cannot be won on that basis.

Excellence always sells.

Excellence is the name of the game.

Nothing is more expensive than mediocrity.

Excellence is everything today, and most people aren't excellent. If you're not excellent - like truly excellent at what you do - you're toast.

Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of what you do.

It's one thing to execute dishes on your own time for family and friends, but quite another to perform and be judged in a competition. And that's what cooking in a high profile restaurant is. It's a competition. You're up against every other three-star restaurant in your city, and if you want to stay in business, you'd better deliver.

I am very proud to align myself with Miken - a brand known as an innovator and leader in the development of high performance sports equipment.

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.

Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.

If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

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

We simply must do better.

Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.

First be best, then be first.

It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good.

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

If you demand the best, sometimes you get it.

Quality. That's the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

Every day, you're only as good as your last show.

What is excellence? It is about going a little beyond what we expect from ourselves. Part of the need for excellence is imposed on us externally by our customers. Our competition keeps us on our toes, especially when it is global in nature.

I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

When your work speaks, you don't need to speak at all.

You're only as good as your last performance.