Being The Best Quotes - Page 38

• If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.

  Brian Tracy

  Leadership, People, Want

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• Patriotism is not endlessly bragging that out country is the best; rather it is wanting one's country to be the best that it can be and helping it to be that best, which is a very different matter.

  Robert Stam

  Country, Patriotism, Different

  Ella Shohat, Robert Stam (2013). “Flagging Patriotism: Crises of Narcissism and Anti-Americanism”, p.331, Routledge

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• It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Inspirational, Motivational, Nice

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• I set as my goal to be the best dancer I could be. Not the most famous, or the highest paid dancer, just the best I could be. Out of this discipline came great freedom and calm.

  Suzanne Farrell

  Discipline, Goal, Dancer

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

  Chloe Grace Moretz

  Soccer, Gymnastics, Always Trying

  "Chloë Moretz: 'I'm not cussing and killing people - I'm normal'". Interview With Cath Clarke, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2011.

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• Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.

  Michael Chang

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• It is not easy to be the best. You must have the courage to bear pain, disappointment, and heartbreak. You must learn how to face danger and understand fear, yet not be afraid. You establish your goal, and no matter what deters you along the way, in your every waking moment you must say to yourself, "I could do it."

  Betty Skelton Erde

  Pain, Disappointment, Goal

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• And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat on the ground like a frightened canary every time there was a cloud in the sky. If a pilot showed an obvious preference for flying only in the best conditions he soon found himself looking for work. This was the way of his life and he had always ascended when others had found excuse to keep their feet on the ground.

  Ernest K. Gann

  Clouds, Sky, Feet

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• At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.

  Puff Daddy

  Jobs, People, Age

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• Working hard and doing doing great work is as imperative as breathing. Creating great work warms the heart and enriches the soul. Those of us lucky enough to spend our days doing something we love, something we're good at, are rich. If you do not work passionately (even furiously) at being the best in the world at what you do, you fail your talent, your destiny, and your god.

  George Lois

  Heart, Destiny, Breathing

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• Roger Federer certainly is my claim to be the best of all time - if there is such a thing. With Rafael Nadal not far behind.

  Rod Laver

  Nadal, Roger, Claims

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• Few of us are granted the grace to know ourselves, and until we do, maybe the best we can do is be consistent.

  Andre Agassi

  Grace, Granted, Consistent

  Andre Agassi (2009). “Open”, p.202, Vintage

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• You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

  Andre Agassi

  Sports, Dad, Believe

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• Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best.

  Chris Evert

  Hurt, Losing, Determined

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• I’d prefer to see both knees on the ground. I mean, if you’re going to grovel, be the best groveler you can, right?

  Chloe Neill

  Mean, Knees, Ifs

  Chloe Neill (2009). “Some Girls Bite: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel”, p.110, Penguin

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• As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Children, Father, Iron

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• So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all.

  Steve Forbert

  Moving, Thinking, Feet

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• Unfortunately, they develop a fixed mindset that they're the most talented, and they think that continued success is a right. Problems arise because pure talent only works as long as the going is easy. Furthermore, they don't take risks because failure would harm their image of being the best, brightest, and most talented. When they do fail, they deny it or attribute it to anything but their shortcomings.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Success, Business, Thinking

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• I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that is common or that may be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such portcullis in your memory.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Memories, Book, Hands

  James C. Humes, Benjamin Franklin (1995). “The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes”, Harpercollins

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• You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Trying, One Day, Week

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• . . . strange and fantastic things really happen. During a rainstorm in Australia, fish fall from the sky; several Southern states consider legislation that would make the licking of toads illegal; Lisa Presley marries Michael Jackson. You read these things and you think to yourself that realism may not be the best medium through which to express the real world.

  Karen Joy Fowler

  Real, Fall, Thinking

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• In whatever sport of field of endeavor you are interested, you should do whatever is necessary to compliment your God-given talent with proper mental preparation so as to do "the best you can." The criterion should be to fully exploit your potential rather than to win at any cost. What more could anyone ever ask of you than to be the best you possibly can?

  Bob Cousy

  Leadership, Sports, Winning

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• There is still a lot of football in me and I enjoy watching the players go out there and be the best players they can possibly be.

  Jerry Rice

  Football, Player, Enjoy

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• Why can't I be MVP of the league? Why can't I be the best player in the league?

  Derrick Rose

  Player, Mvp, League

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• From the very start in 1969, I wanted to be a part of helping our Special Olympics athletes succeed. I wanted to be on Eunice Shirver's team as another set of eyes, another set of hands and a heart working to be there for them, finding a way to help them be the best they can be.

  Rafer Johnson

  Team, Heart, Athlete

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