Richelle Mead Quotes

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

I love my job. If I have a chance to play against some of the top talent in the world or whether it's against guys around the corner, I'm going to play.

Do your job brilliantly and the cream will rise to the top.

I'll take 14 out of 15 any day of the week, any week of the month, any month of the year, any year of the century. I don't know what comes after century.

When I start something I bring my A-game - I assume I'm going to win.

You can't succeed by being good. That's what you get paid for. You can't succeed by being excellent. That's what you're expected to do. You can only succeed by being outstanding.

Trevino is in a league by himself. We don't even count him. We figure when you come in second, you're a winner.

Excellence is the name of the game.

Kev wasn't certain if he was surrendering to Win or to his own passion for her. Only that there was no more holding back. He would take her. And he would give her everything he had, every part of his soul, even the broken pieces.

If you're not passionate, you achieve mediocrity

Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul.

You've gotta love the game. To become really good, you need to live it and sleep it.

Don’t tolerate any form of average. Don’t accept Dis-excellence. Don’t stand for mediocre. If you’re going to settle, then please settle for the absolute best.

Scores only matter if they’re very good, no one pays much attention to the bad or mediocre ones.

There are no prizes for average performance.

I'm not satisfied. I'm still enjoying this. I still feel like I'm in the best part of my career and I can play at a high level. This is what I love to do: playing football and winning games.

Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.

I can't believe anyone can have played the game of football as well as Messi.

If you look at the world-class performers at the top of the game, their numbers are just exceptional and that is the level he is at.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.

But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for you. Mediocrity's a hairball coughed up on the Persian carpet of Creation.

Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.

Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.