Even an ideal set of trade-offs must—and should—leave a whole spectrum of unmet needs, because the cost of wiping out the last vestige of any problem is leaving other problems in more dire condition. In short, trade-offs must be incremental rather than categorical, if limited resources are to produce optimal results in any social system as a whole.
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.
I wanted to make a lot of good pitches.
I want to do the best I can right away. There's no point for me to just kind of be relaxed about it. Of course, in each match winning is out of my control, but I want to try to do the best I can as soon as I can, and I want to have 10 successful years and not five slow ones and then five good ones.
It is commonly said by farmers, that a good pear or apple costs no more time or pains to rear, than a poor one; so I would have no work of art, no speech, or action, or thought, or friend, but the best.
My whole philosophy is working smarter and not harder. And making sure I'm using little effort and getting a huge effect.
You have to give 110% all the time. 100% isn't good enough anymore.
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.
We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.
If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.
What I really like is minimum effort for maximum effect.
If you don't actively and decidedly choose to be the best, you automatically default to the lower 80% in your field.
The demands are related to their questing of the best possible out of the people concerned. It's this going for the highest possible factor that I'm very concerned about.
You want your workout to sneak up on you. That's when you get the best results.
Everything I do, I try to make it the best I can. So I go my own way and give it all I have.
I want to be the best at what I do when I go out to play golf, and so when I was building my house, I wanted the best.
You talk about results being more important than performances but, ideally, you want to put the two together.
You don't have to pay more to have a great form.
We want best efforts guided by theory.
I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top.
I don't want Droga5 to be the biggest agency; I want it to be the best.
I am truly thankful for my health that has permitted me to obtain optimal results in my career.
Combination movements will give you the most bang for your buck.
I want the best. I've always fought the best.