Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes

I just want to be great. I want to stand out, be a great leader for this defense, and I'm just trying to leave it all out on the field.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

If you're working, and you're not trying to be great, give up.

I set out to be the best umpire of my time. But I don't know what it takes to be great.

Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That's all I want. That's all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.

Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if you believe that you are, then you're almost as good as being that.

Chelsea are always competing to win things and that was my thought to push myself and reach a new level.

If you want to aim for great targets, then you have to have a large and high-quality squad.

I want to stay for a long time and leave a mark so the young generation can aspire to be at the top like me. I love the sport, and that's what drives me.

It can be 10 people or thousands of people: I want them to see something special. I want them to say, 'I saw the best in the world at something,' and maybe that will inspire them to go do something in their life with the same vigor.

There aren't enough people who are passionate with what they do. They're content just going through life being mediocre, being average. They don't want to thrive. They don't want to strive for greater. They're happy being where they are.

That's why I love this game, that's why I play this game, that's the goal. I want to be great.

I'm the type of person that always strives to be great.

That's my job: work hard, win, and inspire.

I'm not just here to get a paycheck and leave. I'm here to be one of the greatest basketball players to ever play.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.

I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.

There are no great people. There are only great topics.

Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.