“I think my escape from the Siberian Transport was my most difficult performance. I was placed in the great vault usually assigned to political prisoners, and when the great door was shut, I had the hardest time of my life, perhaps, in releasing myself. But nevertheless, it took me 18 minutes to walk out, and face the dazed officials.”
Harry Houdini
“Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.”
Ralph Marston
“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”
Mae West
“If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.”
Zig Ziglar
“Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.”
James Bryant Conant
“Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort.”
Elgin Baylor
