“Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.”
George F. Will
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle
“There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.”
Baltasar Gracian
“One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent”
Epictetus
“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.”
John W. Gardner
“Hunt had two key plays on which they excelled. We had a bunch of opportunities, but we didn't excel. But each week, we're going to get better.”
Brian Allen
“Why is it today that we seem to be afraid of urging kids on to excellence and achievement? Our society is more inclined to let kids develop at their own pace-not push them too hard”
Rush Limbaugh