Winners don’t pay attention to other people’s opinions. They pay attention to results.

The real world doesn’t reward perfectionists. It rewards people who get things done.

The only way to outperform if you’re doing undifferentiated work is to work harder than everyone else.

Real winners do not compete.

Nobody achieves anything great by giving the minimum. No teams win championships without making sacrifices and giving their best.

Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.

productivity has nothing to do with how much you do, and everything to do with how much you accomplish.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

Deepak Perwani doesn't want awards; he wants appreciation - that's all.

Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amout of hard work that is put into it.

Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result

There is no substitute for hard work

Somewhere in retirement, Haywood Hansell saw that announcement in the newspaper, and I’m sure he wondered why he didn’t get an award as well for the effort he put toward fighting a war with as few civilian casualties as possible. But we don’t give prizes to people who fail at their given tasks, no matter how noble their intentions, do we? To the victor go the spoils.

People appreciating my performance is good enough for me. I don't care much for awards and have never given it much thought. And anyway, I can't play the games people play to win awards.