Quotes About Achievement

If Jay spent as much time studying as he does trying to be a comedian, he'd be a big star.

I didn't even know what an Oscar was at the time.

It's funny. You succeed, but now where are you gonna go from there? I've got to keep proving that I can laugh or cry more real each time.

I was able to complete a motocross track at my house, and that's something I've always enjoyed. That time away is really what developed the passion I needed to come back and compete.

Last time I was in Canada Celine Dion had just given birth to identical twins. Which is quite an achievement given her age and face.

Every time I get a role I think, 'I've actually fooled them again, I can't believe they keep falling for this!

I didn't really start publishing books until I was 40 because I was busy being a McDonald's employee. So there's always a sense of trying to make up for lost time.

I had a lot of expectations placed on me because I was already having some success with my short stories. That was not a good situation to be in. That by itself took a long time to overcome.

At the time I just was like, I can't believe I am on the show, and the first thing I have to do is an entire song and dance routine for the whole cast of 'Mad Men.

My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.

Award shows are really silly. I'm very happy for the people that win the awards, and I can say they're really silly, but I would love to get one. So I also know wasting time on that is pointless.

Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.

Well, any time you do anything good, it's man versus himself, right? That's the art, the challenge.

And step by step, since time began, I see the steady gain of man.

And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because I was successful enough that I was spending much more time on non-profit boards and traveling a lot.

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

Winning all the time is not necessarily good.

If somebody had said to me back in 1988 that I'd still be making music in 25 years' time, to start with I would have keeled over with shock because I wouldn't have believed them.

From the time I was 8 until now, I've been working. My Social Security is looking solid.

When I make exciting plays, it's usually because I was in the right place at the right time.

Never give up on a dream because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

We must use time creatively - and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.

Start by doing what's necessary then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word.