A while back, I came across a line attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson. If you want to achieve excellence, he said, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

Do it, fix it, try it.

Quality involves living the message of the possibility of perfection and infinite improvement, living it day in and day out, decade by decade.

Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.

How do you achieve excellence?...Stop doing non-excellent stuff!

Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.

Screw-ups are the mark of excellence.