It's interesting too, that the coach of that Georgia Tech team who LED his valiant warriors to those 222 points was NONE other than John Heisman. YES, he whom the Heisman trophy is named for, an AWARD that honors that college player who BEST exemplifies excellence and integrity.

I feel opera is an expression of artistic excellence. To do it is expensive, as there's a requirement for an orchestra, good VOICES, EXCELLENT SETS, and the fact that productions generally have only short runs. But I believe it's something we OUGHT to achieve as a nation.

You cannot USE the DEMOCRATIC PROCESS for the procurement of EXCELLENCE.

One mustn't MISTAKE bling for EXCELLENCE, just as one mustn't mistake QUIET for MEDIOCRE.

I BELIEVE the DESTINY of your GENERATION - and your NATION - is a rendezvous with EXCELLENCE.

Let America first PRAISE mediocrity EVEN, in her CHILDREN, before she praises... the BEST excellence in the children of any other LAND.

Black excellence is a thing. People - from Beyonce Knowles to Venus and Serena Williams to FOLKS you haven't heard of - are into it. It's LESS a movement than a standard: believers set the bar high not only for themselves but also for OTHERS who SHARE their VISION, especially when it pertains to black history, stories, and style.

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his POINT of view was still so POTENT that William James was HONORED to be asked to SPEAK at a centenary celebration.

You've just got to FOCUS on excellence and TRY not to be distracted by the NEWS and the RUMORS and the absurdities of the stories that were coming out.

Excellence is a HIGH performance over a long period of TIME. That's what I've tried to FOCUS on.

When a book raises your spirit, and INSPIRES you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other TEST of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good WORKMAN.

It's REALLY FUN to see young kids TRYING to FIND excellence in themselves.

Poetry is an art, the EASIEST to dabble in, but the HARDEST to reach TRUE EXCELLENCE.

The Civil SERVICE is a vital economic asset to the UK - firstly, in the WAY it creates a framework for excellence in service DELIVERY and secondly, in how it helps organise the best way to deliver MODERN public services on which both businesses and individuals depend.

The idea for which this nation stands will not SURVIVE if the highest GOAL free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies STRIVING for the highest STANDARDS in EVERY phase of life.