Quotes About Achievement

I'm a New York Giant, playing football. I've been wanting to do this since I was a little kid, to play in the NFL.

On 'Fuzz Universe,' I think I've taken a giant step closer to the ultimate rock guitar sound and playing of my dreams.

How can you be a giant of the sport when you are not consistent?

Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered that maybe it's debatable at this point.

I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, 'I could never do that.'

Being in the same sentence as Bob Gibson, that's incredible.

I think Lin-Manuel deserves absolutely everything that he's getting. He is an extremely gifted guy, a very fine human being, and loves the theater. Loves it.

I was not the best in my youth teams, I was not the most naturally gifted, but I gave everything to get where I was and the reward came my way.

I feel gifted for having the opportunity to compete in Daytona.

There's so much pressure on kids to perform and to be the best they can be, and particularly with boys: boys who are the gifted ones get loaded with an awful lot of expectation and self-expectation, and that's really hard for an 18 year old.

The Rock had the amazing athletic abilities that few people are gifted with, but he also had the burning desire to be the best, and none of that can be denied.

I never thought I was academically gifted at school. But when I started flying, I found you didn't need an academic mind - you just needed determination and dedication.

Robert Pattinson is an incredibly gifted actor. Every role that Pattinson plays is a contender for an acting award.

It took me a long time to understand that there is no amount of wanting and no amount of desire and no amount of hard work which allows you to become a classical ballerina if you're not physically given the gifts.

I booked an E-Trade commercial. That's a lucrative gig.

You gig and gig and wonder what your first Edinburgh show will be like, if people will like it, and when they do, it just feels like it validates the last few years of your life, and that you're on the right track.

I accomplished a lot in 2017 that I'd dreamt of: a late night set, TV writing gig, a speaking movie role.

Once we went into the basement and learned a song, we felt successful. Then we learned two songs, and then we got a gig, and on and on - and that's the way musicians think. I don't know about other people - I mean, I don't know about all musicians either - but some are more driven than others.

I didn't really gig my way in. I was just in my bedroom writing songs for so long.

I've got a huge, gigantic deal. We're talking about huge deals.

To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know.

I never expected I was going to travel the world playing gigs with my band and best friends. I have surpassed any dreams I had.

I came second in 'The Voice of Finland' in 2012 and my career really exploded at home. I had 300 gigs a year.

I went from playing small gigs for 80 people to like 2,000 or 3,000 people, and they were arriving with all this expectation and excitement.