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Quotes About Achievement

When I was 15, I became the youngest grandmaster in the world, breaking the record set by Bobby Fischer more than three decades earlier.
~ Judit Polgar
I'm a blue-collar kid who went on to become a successful entrepreneur. I was the youngest CEO in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. Now I've served my country for six years in the House of Representatives.
~ John Delaney
I put three productions of my youngest brother Jason on my album, on 'Konnichiwa,' and that made me happy, to be able to do that for him.
~ Skepta
The year we went to our first Super Bowl in 1992, we were the youngest team in football. We played in the Super Bowl against a team that had a wealth of playoff experience and Super Bowl experience, and we dominated that football game.
~ Troy Aikman
One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas.
~ James Earl Jones
I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.
~ Scott Brooks
When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad.
~ Moon Bloodgood
I was a member of the Haifa City Council when I was 23 years old, which made me the youngest city councilman in Israel.
~ Ayman Odeh
I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.
~ John Engler
I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.
~ Laura Dekker
I was the youngest producer of a national television show when I was twenty-five. I took it to 182 markets. Tremendous success.
~ Roger Ailes
It's true, I'm the youngest, highest-grossing French director. I have a few records, but no one knows or simply doesn't care. That's good, because I like that. Ultimately, I want to keep working, making a lot of movies, and get better at it. It's about finding great scripts and bringing them to life.
~ Louis Leterrier
I think I was the youngest, fastest-promoted buyer in the history of Bloomingdale's.
~ Mickey Drexler
When I won the World Title at 24 and became the youngest, I knew that was huge.
~ Randy Orton
I was the youngest champion of the UFC.
~ Vitor Belfort
Being 19 years old and making the Olympic team on my last lift. I went 6-for-6 and had a perfect Olympic trial. Making the team and being one of the youngest to ever go to the Olympics was pretty special.
~ Mark Henry
I won F4, and I won F3 - F3 by, I believe, the biggest margin in history and as one of the youngest drivers in history. I'm just pointing out facts. I'm not bragging or anything.
~ Lance Stroll
I was elected to Westminster when I was 25; I was Britain's youngest MP.
~ Jo Swinson
If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.
~ John Hickenlooper
'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit.
~ Dolores O'Riordan
In 1988, my mother led a nationwide election campaign, wrote a bestselling book, had her first child, and became the youngest and first female prime minister of the Muslim world. All in one year! For her detractors, this wasn't good enough. She was unacceptable because she was a woman.
~ Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
At one point, I was the youngest owner in major league sports.
~ Paul Allen
I was the youngest in the world in history when I started, 15. That's illegal now.
~ Roddy Piper
I was a radio jockey after graduation. I was 22, the youngest RJ in Delhi at that time.
~ Ayushmann Khurrana