Strive to be better, not just good.
My coach had warned me that things weren't going to be fair, and that it had to be better, not just as good.
The fact that the new Star Wars film is good – better not just than the prequels but the originals too – is of course cheering.
If it isn't great, better is not good enough.
It was better, but not good, against Rus: Clijsters won 12 of 35 second-serve points, not including the 10 she missed to double fault.
This faith in Ivy League rationality may also help to explain Obama's initial abundant confidence about ushering in a new era of better, if not good, feelings.
"In the middle of my eye everything is blurry; my peripheral vision is better but not good either," said Goodpaster, a senior from Mount Sterling, Ky.
But he spent much of his speech on his own generation, "the Joshua generation," and tried to answer the question "What's called of us?" Life had improved for African-Americans, but "we shouldn't forget that better is not good enough".
They said it was better but not good.
Over a wired connection, it looked better (but not good) and quickly lost audio synch.
