Quotes About Achievement

Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

I'm convinced that none of the important achievements in human history were accomplished before ten-thirty or eleven in the morning!"17

I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird. I mean, that's really cool but it's strange to think you could get an award for acting. I always thought that was strange.

Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it.

I wanted to become world champion, and in this respect school couldn't give me anything… It is better to be one of the strongest chess players in the world, than to be one of many thousands with a diploma.

I add status to any tournament I attend.

I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.

Too many times, people don't try their best. They don't have the keen spirit; the winning spirit. And once you make it you've got to guard your reputation – every day go in like an unknown to prove yourself. That's why I don't clown around. I don't believe in wasting time. My goal is to win the World Chess Championship; to beat the Russians. I take this very seriously.

I want to be world champion. I have achieved it, now I don't know what to do.

Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.

Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and God only knows what I'd have been doing, but instead I played hockey and went to school and stayed out of trouble.

I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.

Forget about style; worry about results.

I am going to miss that time when you take that corner better than anybody else could have taken it on that lap or you do that great qualifying lap or you make that great pass or you bring a crippled car home.

In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game.

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.

In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

It's sad to know I'm done. But looking back, I've got a lot of great memories.