Itzhak Perlman Quotes

We're going to make certain that we set a very high standard for ourselves.

If you're going to be world-class, you have to focus.

I am just trying to keep my performances consistent.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

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

To be one of the best to ever play the game? I think I have the ability to do that. But I've got to work hard. If I just keep talking and don't put some work in, it's not going to happen.

I want to be great.

What fuels me? I would like to be the best to ever play the game.

Every sportsman wants success. It is very important.

I am trying to pursue excellence.

Of course it's not a normal thing to show a good performance every time.

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

I want to reach something with a team and go to the highest level.

I want to become a world-class player.

I just want to keep being successful.

My dream is to become the best player in the world.

I hope to become a great player.

I want to be the number one player in the world, right? But at the end of the day you have to go through each individual step and be able to execute each individual step to be able to get to that goal.

I do want to play at the top.

I would like to think I can win a trophy or two, but the main thing for me is to focus on consistency.

It's not hard being great occasionally. It's difficult to be good consistently.

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

I set myself high targets.

I want to win trophies and contribute as much as I can.

I don't think you can ask anybody in any walk of life to do anything at a championship level without doing it over and over and over and over and over again in preparation.