"Excellence is a

choice, just like

being a good
person. No one can
make you either, it
is up to you."
 Mistakes are
learning
opportunities.
 The difference
between ordinary
and extraordinary
is just a little
extra.
High Expectations
High Execution
No Excuses
No Explanations
There is no elevator to
success, you have to
take the stairs!
 "I can't" is an
excuse. If you say
you can, then you
will!
"Good enough" is
not good enough.
Only your best is
acceptable.
 "Vision +
Committed Action =
Excellent Results"
 Your band
experience is like
the bank, the more
you put in the more
you get out.
Leave this place
better than you
found it.
It's not by accident
that LISTEN and
SILENT are
comprised of the
same letters.
 Always
make new
mistakes.
It's not a mistake
unless you don't
fix it.
A right note at the wrong time is still
a wrong note. A right note with the
wrong style is still a wrong note. A
right note with the wrong dynamic is
still a wrong note. A right note that is
out of tune is still a wrong note.
"Hard work beats
talent when
talent doesn't
work hard."
-Tim Notke
 Teamwork
makes the
dream work.
There are no rules
for success that
will work unless
you do.
Practice every
day you eat.
PRACTICE is about
YOU.
REHEARSAL is
about US.
WE > ME
Make an Effort,
not an Excuse.
 The band that
breathes
together plays
together.
Practice the way
you want to
perform.
Attitude is more
important than
ability.
It’s not about being
the best. It is about
being better than
you were yesterday.
It’s about the
relationships
formed in the
pursuit of
performance.
Attitude is the
key to success.
 Are you willing to
give up what you
have in order to be
what you are not
yet?
- M.C. Richards
 Good is not
good enough
when better is
expected.
 You are
doomed to
perform the
way you
practice.
"Ability is what you're
capable of doing.
Motivation determines
what you do. Attitude
determines how well
you do it."
- Lou Holtz
"Winners embrace hard work.
They love the discipline of it,
the trade-off they're making
to win. Losers, on the other
hand, see it as punishment.
And that's the difference."
-Lou Holtz
 Superior
every day in
every way.
Excuses are tools used by the
lazy to accomplish nothing .
They build bridges to nowhere
and benefit no one . If work
needs to be done,

JUST. DO IT.
 I know what will
happen in the
performance…what
happens in rehearsal
every day.
 Enter this room
with solutions to
problems, not
problems without
solutions.
Excellence is not a
part time goal. It
is a full time
commitment!
 "I didn't have
time" is the adult
version of " my
dog ate my
homework".
 Believe in yourself.
Always do your best.
Never give up.
Dare to try.
 Hard work beats
talent when talent
doesn't work hard.
 To all those who enter…
you are subject to the
relentless, refining process
of music through
uncompromising standards.
"A great tradition
can be inherited,
but greatness
itself must be
won."
- Charles Lindbergh