Excellence Mindset Quotes

Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

You lose with potential. You win with performance.

I think it's the opportunity to continue breaking records, either set by other people or by myself. I think that's what pushes me to always make the most of myself and be very demanding on myself.

For me to get better, I have to pick and learn from the best. It starts with that.

I aim for the stars, and winning a world title will not be a fulfilment of a dream for me. It never has been.

I'm not just trying to be a good game manager. I'm trying to be great.

The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?

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.

Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we can't be amazing all the time, better to reset the expectation to merely good. Which robs us of the ability to (sometimes) be amazing.

Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning

My mentality is always to seek perfection, and you'll find that if you can get somewhere close to it or in the vicinity of that, that's good.

I always say that I continue to set the standard really high for myself, but you don't get into a catch count or any of that stuff. I think it's just in how you play, how you approach the game.

If you want to be successful, don't seek success - seek competence, empowerment; do nothing short of the best that you can do.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

When you begin moving toward excellence, you will find very little competition. You're competing with only 20% of the population.

I do want to look my best - I do want to be at my best - 'cause I do want to be WWE Champion. I do want to be on top.

If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice.

There is always room for improvement even if you're getting 110 averages.

We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody's got to buy into that standard or you really can't have any team chemistry. Mediocre people don't like high-achievers and high-achievers don't like mediocre people.

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

How do you achieve excellence?...Stop doing non-excellent stuff!

My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all.

We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards.