Quotes About Achievement

It wasn't until '79 I won my first amateur championship, and then, by '81, I was 14, and I won my first world championship, which was amazing to me, and in a very real sense, that was the first real victory I had.

When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it.

I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.

An unforgettable experience happened on December 15, 1996 when I won the Supermodel contest while still in school. I was just seventeen years old then. Winning that competition was the turning point of my life. That's how I got into modeling and later started acting.

I think having won a Super Bowl puts you on a different level. I know, for me, it's extremely important to win this ballgame.

In Sao Paulo, I won everything. Milan, I won everything. Roma, I was league champion.

You know, it's funny: Over my career, I didn't win as much as I hoped, but I can look like Flavor Flav if I want to put on all my rings that I've won for different reasons.

We fought hard for green taxes and won.

It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered.

The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.

It's one thing if you're a part of teams that won five championships. But it's an extremely different argument if you're a big reason for those championships.

When you have traveled the world, won Olympic gold, and gone through a very public court battle against your parents all by the age of seventeen, surprises don't come easy.

The song 'Bolo Naa' from the film 'Chittagong,' which got me the National Award, wasn't even promoted in India, whereas the film won laurels all over the world.

I always say the Boston Celtics of the 1960s were the only true dynasty, because they won nine titles in a 10-year span.

I think I've already won the most important titles in Brazilian jujitsu and grappling.

It would be nice to say I won seven world titles, yet I want a good life as well while I play.

So many people have that story as to how they could have maybe won the Indy 500, which is for me the ultimate goal. I would imagine for a lot of people it's the ultimate goal. It's definitely high up on the list.

I had nice years at Ajax, wonderful years with Milan, and won something with the national team.

My very first competition was at the end of 2005. Honestly, I just looked it up online and tried to find something local, because I had no idea how to do it or where to start. I did Denver's Strongest Man here in Colorado, and I won.

My aim is to do better than I did in Tokyo. I am glad I won the Olympic gold. I may have got the national record, but I am trying to breach the 90-metre barrier.

Olympic medals are the one medal that I don't have; I've won just about every other competition that I've been at.

Had I not got into acting and modeling, I would have been a part of the national cricket team. I'm a right-handed batsman and a pace bowler and have won lots of awards during my college and school days.

I regret not taking my 83-year-old mother to the Oscars the year I won. She deserved the Oscar for giving up so much for me.

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. But in the process, I won two heavyweight titles. Not many men can say that.