Outdo Quotes

There`s something to be said for failing. It`s not the failure you feel, it`s the failure that people project when something disappoints. You`re back to ground zero, where there`s no expectations, and that`s where I like to be. People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low. After something like `Mallrats` or `Jersey Girl,` the expectations are in the toilet. People are like, `He`s over, he`s done.` So it`s easier to be, like, `Ta-da, I`m not.` It`s a much more comfortable place to work from. When you have an escalating career, and every time you have to outdo yourself, I couldn`t handle that kind of pressure. But having to outdo `Jersey Girl`? Not very difficult.

I was the 101st Airborne Rangers, ROTC. We trained right there in Ft. Custer. The Sgt. major trained us and this guy was in `Nam and stuff. We were out there working with the National Guard on maneuvers late at night. They showed us everything. We went to the range, shot M-16s, M-60s - did everything but sign up for the Corps. I learned discipline there. Every cadet wanted to outdo the other cadets and be the straightest arrow. My hair was buzz-short. I`d shave my head every morning. We were fanatics. This is probably why I`ve got a lot of muscle memory. It kind of helped me out later in my life. Oddly enough I still wake up five in the morning. When you have someone yelling in your face at five, you learn to get up at 4:59. - On his background and why he is a disciplined person.

My parents are Irish, so there would be music, jokes, stories, tall tales and a musicality in it. We all tried to outdo each other, and my parents seemed to be reasonably amused by this. I don`t think they thought anybody would make a career out of it. They worried that acting would be a very disappointing and hard life. To this day they`re not convinced.

The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other.

Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.

(Brown said he and Cadillac, the No. 5 pick by Tampa Bay, have kept in touch about their parallel experiences. Will they try to outdo each other?) Nahh, ... We`re both in a learning situation this year.

Every year we have to outdo ourselves and this year is no exception.