Quotes About Achievement

To be given a chance to be in the finals was a dream come true, and I will forever be thankful to the whole 'American Idol' crew.

As a young boy growing up it was my dream to play for Australia and to pull on the famous green and gold shirt to represent my country. To have been given the opportunity to not only fulfil that dream, but to have done it 79 times, and many of which as captain, makes me incredibly proud and thankful.

I am very thankful to the Royal Albert Hall for the opportunity to dance here; it's been a long hope of mine.

I am immensely overwhelmed and thankful to Filmfare and the Times Of India Group for bestowing on my father and my guru the honor he truly deserves. It is prodigious to see the Best Music Album Award being named in memory of the man who pioneered and changed the face of music industry in India.

I had no business even getting to WWE, but I've been blessed along the way to get to this point, and I'm so thankful.

I was accepting of the fact that I probably won't ever race in it again. I'm thankful that I did get that second chance and I was able to do good things through it.

All good things come to an end eventually, so I was just thankful that I was even able to get drafted.

I'm an addict, I'm addicted to success. Thankfully, there's no rehab for success.

Since I was five or six years old, I just wanted to be a professional football player. I wanted to play against the best players. I wanted to play in big stadiums in front of big crowds, and I was desperate to play for my country one day, and thankfully, I was lucky enough that happened.

I always try to do my job as well as I can on the pitch and thankfully it has been working.

Life as a pro is definitely an individual sport. Thankfully that's how I've always been so I like it that way.

I always thought I could get back to the Premier League, and thankfully, I did that with Burnley.

It is rare for an artist to get acceptance by the north as well as the south audiences, and I have thankfully managed that.

It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people.

I only have words of thanks to Mourinho, he has made me better. I played a lot under him and I was named player of the season with him in the dugout.

I always dreamt of becoming an artist in Paris. Thanks to the Army, it happened.

Frankly - and believe me, I say this without any pretense - when I see the road I've taken, I have to say that thanks to good luck, because without good luck one can do nothing, I've come out pretty well.

Thanks to my mother's sacrifices, I was able to attend one of the best schools in Chicago.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys.

I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.

Thanks to 'A Prophet,' I'm known in a lot of countries.

As we all know there have been fabulous women chief executives: Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir.

The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.