Quotes About Achievement

Regardless of how long it took or what I had to go through to get there, I had visualizations of throwing no-hitters or throwing shutouts.

I like throwing touchdowns instead of running them.

My mom's a character. My dad was my coach, but my mom was the one who was hard on me. I would come home from a game in high school after throwing five touchdowns and she would say, 'Oh, you played all right. You can do a little better.'

If I'm throwing a no-hitter and someone says, 'Hey, you've got a no-hitter,' obviously I'd be like, 'Yeah, I know.' I just try to be humble. I don't like to talk about myself. I have no problem speaking up when I screw up, but if I'm doing good, people are going to notice. I don't need to talk about it.

I worked my way through college by throwing passes for the University of Kentucky.

Actually, I started throwing the stiff-arm in college. I had some big plays in college from the stiff-arm.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

Rehearsals are great because without them, you feel like you're being thrown into a lion's den. But being on set, shooting your scenes that you've been preparing for months - that's a great feeling.

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

I grew up in the Big East Conference for 30 years. We were a conference that was nothing. We were a bunch of schools thrown together and within five years we were one of the top two basketball conferences in the country.

My technique is such that even if I turn my back on the throw, I understand what I have thrown and I start celebrating.

I know my name is thrown out there and I could care less about it. It is something that comes with the sport when you are on top of the podium.

I think that feeling of being thrown into the deep end and doing something you never thought you would accomplish is really powerful.

For me, to get any match is fine. For me to be thrown right into the mix and be named No. 1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship is a blessing.

You may score 50 points and grab 40 rebounds and have 30 assists, but if I don't make the free throws at the end of the game, and we lose, does that make you not a champion?

I have to make those tight-window throws, and trying to make those plays is the reason I have had success.

When someone throws an alley-oop and you finish, everyone's happy, the one who makes the pass and the one with the dunks. It's a great play.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.

I don't like to fall short. It's tough. Just make the right play when I'm open, and I'll thrust to the rim and be aggressive.

For some reason, we're brainwashed to think if you're not a thug or an idiot, you're not black enough. If you go to school, make good grades, speak intelligent, and don't break the law, you're not a good black person.

When I'm later in the competition, I get antsy. I'm seeing everybody else go and achieve things. It's like I'm just twiddling my thumbs.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

I work for my personal satisfaction and then for my bosses as well, and as long as I get the thumbs up and get paid by somebody, I feel like I'm doing my job, and I'm cool with that.