Nil Satis Nisi Optimum

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum is a Latin phrase that means "nothing but the best is good enough".

• Since 1878 this has been the motto of English football club Everton F.C.. Evertonian internet users often use the abbreviation "nsno" to represent the full phrase.

• Loughborough University also uses this phrase, referring to its sporting and academic excellence. It is also the phrase used on the Royce Hall logo, one of the student accommodation halls on campus.

• Rutlish High School (London, Merton) Combined Cadet Force C.C.F. also use this phrase; it is printed on their physical training kit.

• This phrase is also the motto of the 967 (BAE Warton) Squadron Air Training Corps.

• Used as a Motto for the Strathcona Tweedsmuir Private School in Calgary Alberta.

• The G.O.Y.A. MS Recreational Athletic League, located in Philadelphia, MS, has also adopted the phrase. Their founder, Greg Hanks, is an avid football fan and combined Everton Football Club's crest and motto with Aussie Rules' side, Collingwood FC, to make the crest of his league.

• The phrase is used as a motto for Westerford High School in Western Cape, South Africa

• The Phrase is also used by BPI Consultants.

External links

• 967 (BAE Warton) Squadron's website
• NSNO, an Everton fansite named after the common usage of the acronym among Evertonians