Quotes About Achievement

American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood.

Oh, gosh, first of all, Paula Deen is my idol. I adore that woman. I got to be on her show a few months ago, and I'm telling you that was at the top of my bucket list.

My athlete idol is Usain Bolt. He's inhumanly fast!

I always knew I wanted to be involved in entertainment in some way. But I really can't say I'd be where I am now if I hadn't been on 'American Idol.'

I've been watching 'American Idol' half my life, and I wanted to audition since I was 8.

Life comes as a full circle. It feels good when you become someone's idol.

I would always compare myself with the best, and my dad is the best, and he's my idol, too.

Oh, I'm very grateful for 'American Idol' and I always will be.

My idol was Julio Cesar Chavez, and I said I would be in his position.

It's pretty cool to play against your idol.

To have people come up to me and congratulate me and little kids telling me I'm their 'idol,' it's all great.

I grew up, and I'm getting the chance to make music with the people I idolized.

We don't need American Idols. We need American icons. Icons of work.

I've now met, I would say, almost every single one of my rock idols. I feel like I should just drive off a cliff now.

I'll never be on the level of my idols.

I've already played against some of my biggest idols.

I wanted to see if I could win a championship in San Antonio.

If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. Win all my fights in the first round, then go to the UFC and headline a show, and have it as a pay-per-view and at home. People's dreams don't come true like that.

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.

If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy.

I didn't know if I could act, but I knew I could be a great ballet dancer, and Balanchine put out the carpet for me.

If I could press a button and have all of Sequoia Capital on the Midas List, I would choose to do that over a honoring a single individual.

I said I wanted to be the best in the world. I thought if I could make it, I would be able to change my future, to change my destiny. I would push myself to the limits. I would do 70 laps and barely eat.

There are goals that I have, and then I dream of it, and then I make it a reality. If I could crawl out of my skin and see it, it would be really amazing.