Quotes About Achievement

I think every player aspires to challenge themselves against the very best and that's what I'm hoping to do.

Brodie Lee would be a match I'd love to have. When he was the TNT Champion, I was sort of hoping to work my way up to that level.

I mean, I was always hoping to play in the NBA. Of course, when that thing happened, you're like, 'Finally, I did it, but the work starts now.' I didn't want to just be known as OK, I came to the NBA, and then in a few years, you're gone. First my goal was to be the best Slovenian player in the league. Of course, after that, your appetite goes up.

I'm hoping I can get in a position where I'm self-supporting from my own work.

I hate to blow my own horn, but I gave a lot of people fits.

In sailing, I single-hand, and I want to do the Horn. The Horn is the maximum expression of sailing, the way the Iditarod is the maximum expression of running dogs. It's not to write about it; it's to experience the maximum thing.

It's like, you're being given a great opportunity, so take the bull by the horns, do your work and come in here and perform.

It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush. A horrible gut wrenching thing, but it's exciting.

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame.

I've got this horrible feeling that I'm one of those people who'll always have to flog their guts out to get anywhere.

I think I am the first person of color to direct a major white play on Broadway. In 1993? That's astounding to me. And horrifying to me.

I have a horror of not rising above mediocrity.

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones.

There's no better feeling than beating someone who's up on a high horse.

I've won the Derby with the best horse and I've lost the Derby with the best horse.

The sport is about finding the horses. But to find another Valegro is impossible.

I've seen a lot of great players that couldn't get to the top because of horses, and I've seen a lot of normal players that got higher and higher because of horses.

I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

I've always loved horses. When I was younger, I competed in horse shows and did quite well.

When I did 'Horses,' I never expected to make another album.

I want to protect my legacy. I've trained great horses.

I always worry about the horses I haven't beaten yet.

If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out.

When people think of me, I want them to think of a travel show host who's really funny and good at his job, and I think eventually the CP won't even play into it, or at least that's the goal.