A Quote by Jordan Burroughs

Anything less than gold is a failure to me. It's extreme pressure, but I hold myself to a high standard.

Jordan Burroughs

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Jordan Burroughs
American - Athlete
Born: July 8, 1988

I have forgiven myself; I'll make a change. Once that forgiveness has taken place you can console yourself with the knowledge that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure. Less pressure is crystal, less than that is coal, less than that is fossilized leaves or plain dirt. Pressure can change you into something quite precious, quite wonderful, quote beautiful and extremely hard.

Maya Angelou

I hold myself to a very high standard, and I hold my contributions to that same high standard. I will not accept any contributions that are illegal, inappropriate or tainted.

Kevin Shelley

The deal is that I hold myself to an extremely high standard, and it's a standard that can never be... it's unattainable. But it drives me to be the very best in everything I do.

Bill Goldberg

For man to go from less than 1% haves to 40%, living at high standard - despite decreasing resources - cannot be explained by anything other than by doing more than less.

R. Buckminster Fuller

The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not a defect of the gold standard; it is its main excellence.

Ludwig von Mises

I don't just want to go out there and do my job - I want to excel at it. I hold myself to a high standard. I expect to make plays that alter the game, and if I don't, I hold myself accountable.

Clay Matthews III

As a gambler, I hold myself to an especially high standard of honor, and it disgusts me when people try to cheat at games.

James Holzhauer

To be able to know kids one day will want to be like me, I hold myself to a super high standard.

Kyle Lowry

I hold myself to a high standard.

Carson Wentz

With interest rates rising, gold doesn't pay an interest rate, but every other currency - it becomes not only less important to hold gold as an alternative, but more expensive to hold it as an insurance policy and so that will be a burden on the price of gold.

Lloyd Blankfein

I hold myself to a high standard on and off the field.

Jared Goff

I'm not perfect. But I hold myself to a high standard every day.

Frances Tiafoe

You could own coins but you couldn't have bars of gold. We were on the gold standard. I think it was Nixon who took us off the gold standard.

Carl Andre

I set pretty high expectations for myself,and I hold myself to a pretty high standard.

Jimmy Garoppolo

I try my very hardest to remember that I don't have to be anything but Evangeline. That's all that's expected of me. And if I try to be more or less, I will fall flat on my face. So if I just continue to hold my head high and keep myself in check, I'm being who I was born to be.