Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come.

Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details and excellence will come.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

Play has been man's most useful preoccupation.

Play has been man's most useful preoccupation.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.