Quotes About Achievement

I used to be a reasonably good student.

At the time of his death and the few years before, I was just starting to pull myself together and make a reasonably good living after years of dismal failure. I think he would be delighted to know that I've stuck to one thing and have done it well.

Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling.

An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.

It was really fun. It was fun for a lot of reasons. It was fun because nobody thought that we would be successful. It was on a network that wasn't even there at the time.

And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, maybe like I could have. But I had to do what I had to do to make myself successful.

I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those things. I had a good job in Paris, but America was, and still is, the golden fleece. And I've done very well!

I guess it's a kind of a goal for any actor to be the lead of a movie. Not for ego reasons, but because it is creatively the biggest challenge.

However popular an artiste may be, awards were reassuring.

I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies still wants to win an Academy Award, because it's like the Pulitzer Prize or the Congressional Medal of Honor.

The more times you go after it the more times you'll get the ball. So every chance I get I try to chase down the rebound.

I don't really pay attention to the guy I outwork for the rebound, it's really just hearing the crowd just be like, 'Ohhhhh.' They just get frustrated. That's a good feeling.

I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity.

I can't recall playing for a team who weren't involved in a fight for points at the end of the season. That would be strange for me.

I grew up in Spokane, Washington, and I can't recall ever not wanting to be an astronaut.

I wanted to go out there and do what no one's ever done - and that's recapture some kind of glory.

I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do.

You can receive the individual awards, but ultimately, you want to win the big game.

If you're in Bollywood and working in any category, and you receive a Filmfare Award for it, it's a huge thing for any creative person.

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.

I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.

Success demands sacrifices. I believe it's a small price to pay for the adulation and love one receives.

I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.

I assumed that, if I put my head down and did great work, what I deserved would come to me. What you deserve will not come to you. It is only in advocating for yourself that you will receive what you deserve.