Quotes About Achievement

It seems like yesterday I was up there watching my first NHL game, and I was skating on the ice this time. It brings back memories, but at the same time it's something I'll remember forever.

We [England] have become all Billy Big Time and become too big for our boots, and yet we have got nothing to shout about

We can talk about it all we want. But there comes a time when you just have to get it done and quit talking about it. There's been a lot of talk here and not enough doing.

You visualize yourself as the person you want to be. You strive to make the ideal in your mind become a reality on the canvas of Time.

I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.

If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?

I've got a long way to go to being the ultimate best, but I think my time is now. And I'm starting to enter my prime.

Overnight success just doesn't happen. You've got to put your time in. You're up and down - all of a sudden, it just clicks

'Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a second time after that. Now that's not a boast, that's frightening.

When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.

One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.

Yesterday Michael Phelps set an all-time Olympic record for most medals. Phelps has so much gold on his chest he's been asked to join the cast of 'Jersey Shore.'

I know that big, important things don't just come together overnight, but I've been me for a long time now and it's still not working.

There is only one way to eat an elephant, a bite at a time.

Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm.

The only time I set the bar low is for limbo.

I think in terms of chapters. Every time I finish a movie, it's a chapter. When one of my kids graduates from school, that's a chapter.

Staring into the ring of candles—proud that the number of his years finally made a ring, all around the cake

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

One does not fail at a task. One merely does not succeed. And since one is always striving for success, so long as one continues striving, one can never truly fail.

And that's my title, now. Master of the Games.

Men wanted for Hazardous Journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.

Perhaps you'll escape. Day and night, this obsession. It's not that you have to achieve anything, it's that you have to get away from where you are.

Tout bonheur est un chef-d'oeuvre: la moindre erreur le fausse, la moindre hésitation l'altère, la moindre lourder le dépare, la moindre sottise l'abêtit.