Quotes About Achievement

Once you start having success, it's easy to forget the mentality that got you started as a kid.

The mentality is always to win.

I'm someone who has this real winning mentality.

I am competitive because it is fun, a mentality thing, and it is something you have to be in this job.

My parents worked very hard for everything that they got. Their parents worked hard. It's just something that is passed down to you, and whatever you want to accomplish, you have to work hard to get it, and that's always been that mentality that my family has, and I think that's something that was passed on to me.

I didn't get started until late. I didn't get started until I was 20. I turned 21 in my first MLS season, in March. It's always been a race against time, really, for me. It's kind of my mentality, to make up for lost time.

To win is my mentality.

I wasn't good at football when I was young but I made myself get good at football because of my mentality.

For me, losing is not normal so my mentality comes from that.

I bring a winning mentality.

Mentally, I need the hard work behind me. That's what gives me confidence.

My life was falling apart and then to come out and play and have my best ever - 40 wickets, 250 runs... But the only reason I could do that was because of the way I thought and I think I'm pretty strong mentally. I think I am anyway, pretty strong to get over whatever it is.

Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge.

If you have luck on your side and are strong mentally, you can succeed in Europe.

If I'd got to the top too early, I would not have been a success. I was physically and mentally ready.

As a competitor, you don't want to use anything as an excuse. No matter how your body's doing or how you're feeling mentally, you should be able to find a way to get the job done.

I've gone from being an 11.9sec runner to being a 13.5sec runner which mentally is quite hard.

I have learnt so much and I feel mentally strong. At the same time, there is so much competition at present and I feel that I have to deliver at least one hit every year.

When I was 27, I won an honorable mention in a scriptwriting contest and got a television job as an assistant director.

Of course I'm happy when people mention his name and mine in the same breath. It's like a dream. But I know they are overpraising 'Your Name' because I am absolutely not at Miyazaki's level. Honestly, I really don't want Miyazaki to see it because he will see all its flaws.

Whenever I won an award in the NHL, I thought of my father and the pride he would get in reading about it and having people mention it to him.

The pride you feel when you represent your country, not to mention scoring, is something you can't really explain. It's massive.

When your name gets mentioned with the great guys that played this game in the past, that's very big.

To be able to be mentioned with guys like Emmitt, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin and my man LaDainian Tomlinson, it's a blessing.