Quotes About Improvement

I'm never a person who likes anything I've done. It's just the way it is. Twenty years later, I can look at something I did, and I'm still thinking, 'You know, that could have been better if you had done it this way or that way.

Going on twenty years, I've seen A-Rod getting better in different programs. He's one of the hardest-working guys there.

I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better.

Brooklyn for twenty years, I've learned that there is always someone better than you at what you do.

In the case of health information, I spent twenty-five years practicing medicine, and I was all too familiar with the fact that information wasn't properly shared, so I wouldn't know exactly what was in the hospital records; patients would be lost. Computerization gives the opportunity to actually get the information much better.

Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

I never make the same mistake twice. If you catch me slipping one time, good for you, but it ain't gonna happen again.

If you don't have the confidence in baking, commit to making the recipe three times. The first two, do it exactly the way I've told you to make it. Twice. The first time you'll screw it up. The second time it will come out pretty good, and then the third time, make your adjustments.

To get people to switch from Google, you have to offer something twice as better. But the truth is, the world doesn't actually need better-quality search. I think we've got good enough search.

Through the learning experiences, I've been trying to eliminate mistakes. I don't want the same mistake to happen twice.

I know I'm going to make mistakes, but you try to minimize them. Don't make the same ones twice.

I'm always trying to think of ways to make something more efficient. If I have to do something once, that's fine. If I have to do it twice, I'm kind of annoyed. And if I have to do it three times, I'm going to try to automate it.

When somebody does something which everybody really wants to do, then it makes everyone else try a little bit harder and strive for something better, and it's good.

Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.

I'm convinced that if the same opportunities were made available to everybody, people would want to better their lot in life.

Mastery is in constantly wanting to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

I was better at both ends, defensively and offensively, It was more of a well-rounded game. I want to add to that.

The reality is, is that we love competition, at Apple. We think it makes us all better. But we want people to invent their own stuff.

Your ego gets activated real quick, you really want to impress yourself. But when you come back to it, sometimes you're like, "Yeah, this part? I don't know. This guy needs a lot of help."

If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings

It's the most satisfying occupation man has discovered yet, because you never can quite do it as well as you want to, so there's always something to wake up tomorrow morning to do.

I always try to go back and check my old stuff. It's like watching the tapes of the game. You want to go back and go as hard as before.

I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.

You're always going to make mistakes. That's life. You just want to grow from them and try to make as few as possible. That's why you do reach out and ask people for help, where needed.