Performance Quotes

"Performance is your reality. Forget everything else."
-Harold S. Geneen

"Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away."
-Harold S. Geneen

"The difference between performance and outperformance often comes down not to what you buy, but how you buy it."
-James Cramer

"Remember this-that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life."
-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

"Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."
-Ralph Marston

"As I look back on it now, I just hope a great performance like that isn't tarnished."
-John Sherman

"The girls have started to turn the corner with their physical play. It was a complete 360 degrees from their last performance."
-Jason Bowen

"Josh just kept them off-balanced. We're very excited about his pitching performance tonight."
-Chuck Fehr

"When we first saw the film, we knew that Felicity's performance would drive the box office on the film. We wanted to build a word-of-mouth groundswell."
-Gary Faber

"My passion for opera-the eternal truth of drama through music-has grown, while my interest in performance has diminished. Which is perhaps as good a reason as any other to go quietly."
-Lord Harewood

"We have been disappointed with the team's performance. Results were not what they should have been."
-Roman Romanov

"All members of the team have to abide by the team agreement. If they don't abide by it they can be dismissed from the team. They have been made aware of that in the letter. You can comment on your own performance and preparation and all those sorts of things but you do not comment on the performances of your fellow team members."
-Perry Crosswhite

"The conditions made everyone change game plan. We had a bit of a think at lunchtime and had a bit of a chat about it before we went out and we had to adjust our performance, which the players did."
-Tony Rea

"Our athletes' performance in Turin will help us forge partnership with more international and domestic companies."
-Xiao Tian

"It was a good performance for us. The crowd was kind of rowdy, so it was nice to pull out a win at their place."
-Kacey Mcnulty

"To start with a performance like that was disappointing."
-Michael Monaghan

"We were really excited about his semifinal performance. His experience of competing against some of the best runners in the world was good for him. That will set him up to do well at the conference and national championships."
-Bubba Thornton

"We will continue to build on the improvements we've made and address areas where our performance still needs to be stronger."
-Anne Ainsworth

"So far, the testing is going very well. The performance has been good, and fuel mileage has been comparable to the 2002 engines."
-Mark Land

"I get all the time, 'You need more. You need more,' ... But the quality and performance out in the field has been very good. We are going to increase volumes, but we're going to do it at a pace where we can maintain really good quality."
-Ann Wright

"It's a day of entertainment and performance."
-Jeff Wells

"Clearly we are disappointed with our performance. The team did a great job once again, and third and fourth is a credible result but not what we came here for. The handicap and performance breaks given to teams need to be re-adjusted, this is clear and is acknowledged by everyone."
-George Howard

"It was way too cold to be playing soccer. It was a very complete performance defensively and offensively, but it's only the first game so we don't want to get too excited."
-Ian Cooke

"Pay-for-performance is a work in progress."
-Meredith Rosenthal

"I was pretty happy with a good solid effort for four quarters. There are things we have to keep working on and keep improving. We could do better on the defensive end but overall I'm happy with their performance."
-Heidi Michaelis

"It was a big performance. He stepped up again and made some big pitches when he had to. (He) led us into a big win."
-Aaron New

"We came out loose and ready to play, but they came out on fire. I'm extremely proud of the girls for their performance today."
-Damon Coupe