Quotes About Achievement

It is a happy thing that there is no royal road to poetry. The world should know by this time that one cannot reach Parnassus except by flying thither.

The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.

The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.

Great towers take time to construct.

A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

Chips on shoulder, all that, everybody plays the game for different reasons. You've got to prove yourself every time you go out there. That's the reality.

Any individual can be, in time, what he earnestly desires to be, if he but sets his face steadfastly in the direction of that one thing, and bring all his powers to bear upon its attainment.

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.

I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.

As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time I told a story from start to finish the way I wanted.

Today I am the greatest of all time.

Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.

Officially I'm not playing any more. I've stopped. My time is up. Everything has been a lot of fun.

Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.

The first 90% of the job takes 90% of the time. The remaining 10% of the job requires another 90% of the time. The first condition of immortality is death.

I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.

If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.

Leaders spend 5% of their time on the problem & 95% of their time on the solution. Get over it & crush it!

I'm thankful for the position that I'm in, I'm thankful to go to the ceremony [of Grammys] the first time, thankful for everything. I'm just taking it step by step.

Yeah, the record for most titles was previously held by the Fabulous Moolah, she won it four times. And a few weeks ago, I won the title for the sixth time, which has never been done before.

Inches make a champion.

See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

By the time we've made it, we've had it.

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.