Quotes About Achievement

It's every immigrant child's dream to tell your parents they don't have to work anymore.

There are few countries in the world where you can go in one generation from immigrant to parliamentarian.

The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful.

I think in some ways it's good to have at least one thing for which you could be really immortal, you know?

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

Being the first flyweight champion would be history. I'd be immortal. No matter what I do, that's always there.

I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality by not dying.

I want to do everything and beyond. I want to create impact.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.

Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

The idea of getting to make a movie like the ones that impacted me as a child is my life's dream.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

I think it's imperative to keep your focus on why you're in school. You're in school to get an education.

Rhoda Morgenstern gave a wonderful impetus and propulsion to my career.

I have always been ambitious about getting a U.S. role, and if ever there is some frustration, it is still encouraging to get close to big roles because it implies there is somewhere to go.

Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.

I worked in sales. It was definable, it had a quantifiable approach to accomplishment that had a great deal of importance to me. It had a degree of clarity that I loved. And of course, it was core.

I never expected to be anybody important.

Drive and desire was something I was raised with. It became a very important part of how I've become.

When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.

A finishing move is an important part of one's character - and sometimes success.

I need to feel like I am important part of the team, if I get that the goals will come.

Being confident is a really important part of being a footballer. I know my own ability and what I can achieve.