“Everyone wanted to be the best. Best student. Best servant. Best Christian. They got caught up in it, pressing and pushing until they forgot whom it was they were trying to please.”

“The best teachers become the best teachers by being their own best students.”

“She pushes you because she wants you to be the best.” “The best at what? Matricide?”

“Best Of YouI've got another confession to makeI'm your foolEveryone's got their chains to breakHoldin' youWere you born to resist or be abusedIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youOr are you gone and onto someone newI needed somewhere to hang my headWithout your nooseYou gave me something that I didn't haveBut had no useI was too weak to give inToo strong to loseMy heart is under arrest againBut I'll break looseMy head is giving me life or deathBut I can't chooseI swear I'll never give inI refuseIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youHas someone taken your faithIts real, the pain you feelYour trust, you mustConfessIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youOh...Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...Oh...Has someone taken your faithIt's real, the pain you feelThe life, the loveYou'd die to healThe hope that startsThe broken heartsYour trust, you mustConfessIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youI've got another confession my friendI'm no foolI'm getting tired of starting againSomewhere newWere you born to resist or be abusedI swear I'll never give inI refuseIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youHas someone taken your faithIt's real, the pain you feelYour trust, you mustConfessIs someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of youOh...”

“I want to be the best race horse around when I grow up, Mama.You can be, Charlie, as long as you are willing to try your best and not give up when you have a bad day.”

“Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.”