“There are many people, particularly in sports, who think that success and excellence are the same thing. They are NOT the same thing.

Excellence is something that is lasting and dependable and largely within a person's control. In contrast, success is perishable and is often outside our control.

If you strive for excellence, you will probably be successful eventually. People who put excellence IN the first place have the patience to end up with success.

An additional burden for the victim of the success mentality is that he is threatened by the success of others and he resents real excellence. In contrast, the person that is fascinated by quality is excited when he sees it in others.”

Joe Paterno

"For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of triumph ~ a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians, and strange animals from conquered territories together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conquerors rode in a triumphal chariot; the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes, his children robed in white stood with him in the chariot or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting."

Gen. George C. Patton