Bob Bowman > Quotes

“I’m just asking myself, Where am I now? Where could I go?”
― Bob Bowman, The Golden Rules: Finding World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work

“We were chasing excellence, and we achieved it often, and, in the process, gained even more:”
― Bob Bowman, The Golden Rules: Finding World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work

“ALWAYS SEEK EXCELLENCE—EVEN WHEN CHALLENGED”
― Bob Bowman, The Golden Rules: Finding World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work

“One thing I make clear in these talks is that the Method does not work overnight; it requires sustained effort. That said, it also challenges you every day, pushing you to improve on something, to set intermediate goals on the way to the big kahuna, and, most of all, to not settle.”
― Bob Bowman, The Golden Rules: Finding World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work

“Think about
it. In the decades during which swimming records have been
kept, decades that featured such stars as Johnny
Weissmuller and Mark Spitz, no man had ever swum 200
meters of butterfly faster than this fifteen-year-old. How
come? Because he took a plan and worked it.
I believe that’s the power of the Method: everyday
pursuit of excellence to achieve long-term greatness.”
― Bob Bowman, The Golden Rules: 10 Steps to World-Class Excellence in Your Life and Work