Marginal Gains Quotes

Start by thinking of the smallest possible action you could take; then, take it. Then, choose the next smallest action, and do that.

Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes.

Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.

The higher up the rugby ladder you go, the differences between winning and losing games get smaller and smaller.

The difference between success and failure is often about 5% more effort.

Just like football, business is a game of inches, where the smallest advancement or advantage can mean the difference between winning and losing.

People are forgiving of v 1.0 of a product if it's truly innovative and useful. Then you can get away with a lot. But if you're merely marginally improving the status quo, then you better be rock solid.

There is no such thing as an insignificant improvement.

People who acquire things beyond their usefulness not only will derive little or no marginal gains from these acquisitions, but they also will experience negative consequences, as with any form of gluttony.

Inches make champions.

The difference between the top performers and the average or mediocre performers is not a great, massive difference. It is just a tiny difference because the top performers do things just a tiny bit.

The American television industry is a Darwinian environment where success is usually measured in inches, not yards. That is, for most TV media, audiences have gotten so small that one measures 'victories' in tenths of a point - as in, a 2.2 percent share is a great leap over a 2.1 percent share.

Small daily - seemingly insignificant - improvements and innovations lead to staggering achievements over time.

I've always been baffled by how much we over-rate the statistically insignificant differences that separate competitors at the top end of the distribution.

A little bit added to what you've already got gives you a little bit more.

One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks.

I've played at the top level for years now and know it's the small percentages that matter. That's what the difference is between you getting to a major tournament or not.

The whole reason I moved to the U.S. to be coached by Alberto Salazar is to be able to improve 1 or 2 per cent. I was sick of coming sixth in the world, seventh in the world, and get close to a medal, but not quite there, half-a-second.

Every little thing you do is going to add up and be the difference and contribute to your success. If you believe in that, it's going to make you want to get 1 percent better every day. Do that extra one rep in the weight room. Do that extra mental rep at practice. Stay a little longer because it's going to add up and be the difference.