Quotes About Achievement

An actor's job is to do their job. It's great if it's successful and it's fantastic when it's a huge hit, but at the same time, you're there to do a job and make sure you do it well.

By the grace of God alone, I was able to still focus, when it was time for me to do my job, and I think I've done it pretty good, and I know I can buckle down even more.

When we want to reach a dream for the second time, you want it to come true, when you try so hard, you are so close to achieving it, it makes things very difficult to live with afterwards.

I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.

It isn't important who is ahead at one time or another, in either an election or a horse race. It's the horse that comes in first at the finish that counts

I've done sport for a long time.

It took a long time to get to the place in my career where I could pick and choose what I wanted to do.

LeBron James is the best player, hands down. He is easily moving into the territory of one of the best players of all time and may end up being the best player of all time.

Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.

I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought 'Les Mis' would be possible.

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.

What is any achievement, however great it was, once time itself is dead?

It's a buzz every time you perform under pressure.

It's every actor's dream to be seen on the big screen. Having said that, it's also imperative to better yourself as an actor all the time. In that, all mediums become important in their own ways.

I knew I could do it all this time," said Harry, "Because I'd already done it... does that make sense?

It wasn't a revenge game or a get-back game, because that was a long time ago. This was just a big win for us.

When I write a book, I hope to be beyond mortal by the time I'm finished.

My last real job was selling air time for CBS affiliates. I quit that when I was 28, and that was the last real job I had. I beat the system. I've been able to do this full-time for almost 15 years.

I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.

The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the bills.

I remember the first time I held my book, my first book in my hands. I cannot tell you how it moved me.

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'

I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.

Ambition beats genius 99% of the time