World Class Quotes

• Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.

  Stephen Covey

  Athlete, Class, Mind

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• Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are.

  Bill Gates

  Class, Focus, World

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• Building a World Class Company is a commitment to the integration of passion, purpose, and practice.

  Michael Gerber

  Passion, Commitment, Practice

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• Donald Trump is pulling off a world-class scam here. I mean, he's telling people he's all these things that he's never been his entire life. He says he's fighting for the little guy, the working class. He has spent his entire business career sticking it to working people.

  Marco Rubio

  Mean, Fighting, Class

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The key to becoming world-class in your endeavors is to build your performance around world-class routines. It can be difficult, even futile, to predict or control what will show up in the middle of your workday. But you can almost always control how your day starts and ends. I have routines for both.

  Darren Hardy

  Keys, Class, World

  Darren Hardy (2011). “The Compound Effect”, p.79, Hachette UK

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• The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.

  Tim Ferriss

  Class, Good Questions, Asking

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• World-class performance comes by striving for a target just out of reach, but with a vivid awareness of how the gap might be breached.  Over time, through constant repetition and deep concentration, the gap will disappear, only for a new target to be created, just out of reach once again.

  Matthew Syed

  Class, Target, World

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• Thinkers, makers and traders are the DNA of the world class company

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Dna, Class, World

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• Truly world-class firms are always examining their business processes and continuously seeking solutions to improve in key areas, such as lead time reduction, cost cutting, exceeding customer expectations, streamlining processes, shortening time to market for new products, and managing the global operation.

  Daniel Baldwin

  Cutting, Keys, Class

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• If you look at the world-class performers at the top of the game, their numbers are just exceptional and that is the level he is at.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Games, Class

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• You can't be great at everything, but you are world-class at something. Go. Figure out what that is. It's how you win.

  Josh Linkner

  Winning, Class, World

  Twitter post from Dec 22, 2011

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• It doesn't matter how much you make, what matters is what you become. Stay hungry.. Learn.. you'll become world-class

  Azim Jamal

  What Matters, Class, World

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• Startups are painful, stressful and at times demoralizing. You need to be a true believer in the vision of what you are doing. You need to passionate about it and love what you’re doing. If you don’t, there is no way you can sustain the hours, stress and disappointment. There’s no way you’re going to be able to convince investors, customers and most importantly recruit a world-class team if you not building something you think is going to change the world.

  Steve Blank

  Disappointment, Stress, Team

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• In England, Rooney is a world-class footballer in the world.

  Paul Merson

  Class, World, England

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• A world-class playboy once told me that the key to mesmerising women is to listen to them and look deeply into their eyes.

  George Hamilton

  Eye, Keys, Class

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• Learning to accept failure on multiple levels is, to my way of thinking, the key to become a world-class therapist. But that means humility, and setting your ego aside, while you develop superb new technical skills.

  David D. Burns

  Mean, Humility, Thinking

  "Answers to Questions from a Psychology Today Blogger". feelinggood.com. October 24, 2013.

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• I'm a world class Beat Boxer; you should hear the noises I can make with my mouth.

  Cara Delevingne

  Class, World, Mouths

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

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• Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.

  S. R. Nathan

  Opportunity, Class, People

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• In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.

  Vince Cable

  Jobs, Class, Needs

  "Liberal Democrat Conference: Vince Cable Speech in Full". www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2010.

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• Founded when Abraham Lincoln believed education could lead the nation out of its darkest days, Ohio State now provides a powerful platform of interdisciplinary academic programs, world-class scholars, outstanding students, and extensive research capabilities.

  Gordon Gee

  Powerful, Class, Ohio State

  "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" by E. Gordon Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• XL is a world class brand with very successful insurance, reinsurance and life reinsurance businesses and I look forward to helping it realize its full potential.

  Mike McGavick

  Successful, Class, Full Potential

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• Earning money is not the sole objective of life or education. A community of any quality should have a whole range of skills and interests. They should paint, write, perform, visit art galleries and enjoy world-class concerts. Only then will they form a vibrant, rounded, interesting community.

  Goh Chok Tong

  Art, Writing, Should Have

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• The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit.

  Tim Ferriss

  New Year, Class, Years

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• My father was a world-class scientist and my mother was a prolific painter. I could see that my parents had completely different ways of knowing and understanding the world, and relating to it. My father approached things through scientific inquiry and exploration, while my mother experienced things through her emotions and senses.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Mother, Father, Class

  "Mindfulness in the Modern World: An Interview With Jon Kabat-Zinn". Omega Institute Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2012.

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• I probably could be a world-class screenwriter by now if I had spent the kind of work I devote on Comedy Death-Ray to that. But I do okay, in that regard. I mean, my stuff gets bought, so it's all right.

  Scott Aukerman

  Mean, Class, Rays

  "Scott Aukerman of Comedy Death-Ray". Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. June 22, 2010.

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