Quotes About Achievement

Yes, I started by running barefoot. My feet used to slip in canvas shoes. So we put them aside and ran barefoot.

I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that I'm most proud is a 10K. Yes, a 10K. I ran it with my daughter on her 10th birthday.

A lot of people saved IBM. Yes, I was the leader of that team, but I could never have done it without a group of IBMers helping me.

The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

If summer racing didn't exist, I could go on holiday, yes, because nobody else would then be riding winners; but as long it goes ahead, I'll do it for the reason that I want to ride more winners than anyone else.

Yes, I have done a few things like always, worked immensely hard, always respected people, admired good work, and never let success blow my top off; probably this has worked in my favour.

I'm very proud of it as a Yes record amongst many of the other Yes records.

When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.

I am the type where I don't worry about anything else but how to top what I did yesterday. My main goal is to top what I did before.

Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.

Today I must write a paragraph or a page better than I did yesterday.

Yesterday I was walking past cows in my village and today I am at Barca, coaching the best players in the world. This is the pinnacle for me.

I always try to be better than yesterday.

I had a horrendous photo for my hundred yesterday, so I needed to make sure I wasn't going too nuts to make sure the 200 photo was better.

I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be.

If yesterday was a good day's work, chances are you'll stay on a roll. And if you can stay on a roll, everything else will probably take care of itself - including not working from the moment you get up in the morning until you nod off to sleep.

When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire.

It was a great mantel to be able to take on really, an amazing legacy. And you know to finally see it, because I just saw the final product yesterday as well, is really amazing to be part of something like this.

I never thought I'd say the sentence 'It was a real honour' - because that implies that you've done something pretty special. But now I've done that several times. Yesterday I was in Buckingham Palace - I actually met the Queen yesterday and that was an honour. I never thought I'd do something like that.

I don't claim to be some Aaron Sorkin expert, but it is like a Camelot. His shows are a place where people are trying to reach their highest potential. And I think we miss that sometimes. If I got a chance to do 'The Newsroom,' I would have done it yesterday.

Your success has to be measured against yourself - a decade ago, last year, or yesterday.

It seems like just yesterday my son was hiding under the table to avoid reading. Now, he's writing books longer than mine!