Quotes About Achievement

Sometimes the song that takes the littlest amount of time are sometimes the best songs you ever do.

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

Do something instead of killing time. Because time is killing you.

Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.

When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

I grew up watching skating all the time in the Olympic stuff.

It is in the small things we see it. The child's first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first time you rode a bike, wallowing up the sidewalk.

Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.

Getting it done is my reward.

For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the same summer.

Remember, you only have to succeed the last time.

Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time.

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team.

The best way to move a mountain is one stone at a time. Nothing is insurmountable if you take one step before you take the next.

I started surfing at the age of 10, and then turned professional at the age of 16, which was right around the same time I took up the guitar. So, the surfing came first.

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.

Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.

Personally, my twenties were a complete waste of time. Professionally, I hope some good came of them.

I'm happiest when I'm working. If I'm not working, I feel like I'm wasting my time.

We don't become heroes overnight." - One step at a time, eventually discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

Imagining may be the first step in making it happen, but it takes the real time and real efforts of real people to learn things, make things, turn thoughts into deeds or visions into inventions.

Maybe this happens to you every day, but I think it was the first time I could hardly wait to show something that I'd done to someone who would care besides my mother. You know how that feels?