World Class Quotes - Page 6

• Sometimes we want to have growth without challenges and to develop strength without any struggle. But growth cannot come by taking the easy way. We clearly understand that an athlete who resists rigorous training will never become a world-class athlete. We must be careful that we don't resent the very things that help us put on the divine nature.

  Paul V. Johnson

  Struggle, Athlete, Class

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• You weren’t world-class when Arsenal signed you.

  Arsene Wenger

  Class, World, Arsenal

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• The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert - in anything. In study after study, of composers, basketball players, fiction writers, ice skaters, concert pianists, chess players, master criminals, and what have you, this number comes up again and again…no one has yet found a case in which true world-class expertise was accomplished in less time. It seems that it takes the brain this long to assimilate all that it needs to know to achieve true mastery.

  Daniel Levitin

  Basketball, Player, Numbers

  "Outliers: The Story of Success". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, November 18, 2008.

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• If you really want to be world class - to be the best you can be - it comes down to preparation and practice.

  Robin Sharma

  Practice, Class, Preparation

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• We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.

  Bob Taft

  Education, Class, Quality

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• Sad to hear Paul Scholes is retiring, great player, world class player, the English Zizou.

  Samir Nasri

  Player, Class, World

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• I will be the one lifting that trophy, not Paolo Maldini. Imagine me hoisting the trophy. It is an image I have in my mind and I want to make it a reality. We have world-class players and, believe me, they are in the mood to do it. The atmosphere around the club at the moment is just top-class.

  Steven Gerrard

  Soccer, Believe, Player

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• Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

  Edwin Moses

  Athlete, Class, Parent

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• Conservatives cannot govern well for the same reason that vegetarians cannot prepare a world-class boeuf bourguignon: If you believe that what you are called upon to do is wrong, you are not likely to do it very well.

  Alan Wolfe

  Believe, Class, World

  "Republicans: good at theatre, dreadful at governing - as we'll see tomorrow" by Michael Tomasky, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2011.

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• The difference between my world record and many world class runners is mental fortitude. I ran believing in mind over matter.

  Derek Clayton

  Believe, Differences, Class

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• Paolo Maldini is neither a legend nor a world class player!

  Carlton Palmer

  Player, Class, World

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• Ive been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what weve done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.

  Sanford I. Weill

  Educational, Years, Class

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• The addition of Beats will make our music lineup even better, from free streaming with iTunes Radio to a world-class subscription service in Beats, and of course buying music from the iTunes Store as customers have loved to do for years.

  Eddy Cue

  Years, Class, World

  "Apple Confirms It's Buying Beats For $3 Billion" by Adam Fleischer, www.mtv.com. May 28, 2014.

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• Having a home away from the media glare is important to world-class athletes.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Home, Athlete, Media

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• I might have to consider coaching- I'm getting too old to be a world class runner and my mind isn't gone enough to become an official.

  Sebastian Coe

  Class, Coaching, Mind

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