Consistent Excellence Quotes

The players have competed on the level the last 25 or 30 years are always going to be the players that compete at a high level. These guys practice hard, they work on their game, they still hit the ball extremely well.

You don't need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.

I demand a lot and we look to improve, but I'm glad that Atleti are expected to be among the best every year.

Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.

If you want to sustain excellence over a long time, you'd better come up with a system that works well. Anyone can sprint for a little while, but you can't sprint for forty years.

The wins and losses are over for Rice, the football player, who leaves with 38 NFL records. He was the easiest guy in the world to throw the football to, ... You always knew where he was headed.

When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player.

If you look at the Intercontinental Champion, historically, that has always belonged to the best of the best in-ring talent, the best wrestler, whatever you want to call it, that came out night after night, produced night after night - and that will be me.

There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.

Being a comedian is a lot like being an athlete. If you're Carl Lewis and you're the fastest, then no matter what you're the fastest.

When I see players like Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Robinson Cano, and Miguel Cabrera, I see they have a good season, but they also jump up the next year and do it over and over again. I want to be one of those players that do it every year.

The way I look at myself, the biggest achievement in my eyes - forget winning trophies or scoring in World Cups - is that I'm still at a top club playing at a really high standard having been almost two different players.

I only had an A game... no matter where I was.

It doesn't feel different being here (at the All-Star Game) I feel like I'm on an All-Star team everyday.

You want to be playing your best in December and hopefully it'll carry over into January.

I have never done anything but my very best work for anyone, and to do this and retain my first fine enthusiasm over a period of thirty years has required a rather special set of working conditions.

You have to pick up things from the big teams, who are always in finals and winning big trophies.

I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

If you can prove that you're in that elite class on a consistent basis, it speaks volumes about a player's longevity. It also says that as a player, you were steady, stable, and great and that you deserve to be recognized.