Quotes About Achievement

The lows have been frustrating, and very challenging times, but the highs have been phenomenal.

Look at Becker and Djokovic. If you look at Novak's record since Boris has been there, it's been phenomenal.

I think what The Rock has been able to accomplish has been amazing. He has just done a phenomenal job in all of the movies he has been in.

What LeBron James has done in our league is phenomenal.

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best players not only of his time, but of all time. He is an absolute phenomenon.

Everyone's talking about Phil Davis and what he did in college. It's an accomplishment to win an NCAA title. I don't want to discredit that. But I believe if I would have wrestled him in college, I would have beat him.

It's been one heck of a ride. I came into the league playing with Kobe and Shaq and for Phil Jackson. Playing with Jordan. And so, it just has been a blessing. I can't describe it any other way.

When you speak of the Pat Rileys, the Phil Jacksons, you have to speak of Don Nelson and the success that he has had in the game.

My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.

I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.

This is what Philadelphia fighters are all about - rising to the occasion - and that's what I've been doing my whole career.

I'm going to be one of the best fighters coming out of Philadelphia and one of the best Latino fighters who's ever done it.

People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off the Philadelphia docks and put a lot of time into developing my music.

I have lots of confidence in myself that I can fulfill my dreams and make the people of Philadelphia proud.

I want to have a lot to do with winning a championship or bringing a championship back to the city of Philadelphia.

I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist.

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

Coming to Korea and becoming a singer, I always had two big goals personally. One was to be able to make it at some point so that I could do good things - I was always raised with an interest in social impact, philanthropy. The other thing was to be able to take my music and do it on a global scale.

Guys like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sam Rockwell are the guys I look up to and have the kind of career I'd like to emulate.

I will not settle to become No. 2. Ever since I was a child, even before coming here to the Philippines, I've always believed in doing my best.

I am merely doing my best to represent the Philippines in weightlifting.

There's a lot of kids just like me growing up in the Philippines, so I don't want them to give up. So listen to your parents, work hard and you can achieve so much.

While I wasn't able to do my first walk' as Miss Universe during my pageant, at least I'll be able to do my final walk - and it will happen in the Philippines no less.

I'm happy for Tevin Farmer, I'm happy for everybody from Philly who's doing their thing.