Quotes About Achievement

I wanted to set the standard, do the best job possible so that other people would be comfortable with African-Americans flying in space and African-Americans would be proud of being participants in the space program.

To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true.

I always wanted to be a pilot.

I love being in the present. When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the under-16 or the under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side. I'm a person who lives very in the moment.

I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers.

Growing up, I've always wanted to be a rock star.

I really wanted to buy a Range Rover. It was a big dream, and the day I bought it, I was very happy, but by evening, I was immune to it. That's when I realized that excitement, if it's happiness, is not in reaching the goal but in the process. Thus process trumps over realization.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

I never wanted to let go of the opportunity, and so I hit upon 'VIP 2'.

I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.

I wanted to be someone who wanted to produce music, and here I am, and I'm happy about it.

I wanted to build up a name for myself.

I always had pressure on myself through my life. I put pressure on myself and not from other people. I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers. So the pressure comes from myself.

I started posting covers online and having this crazy determination about what I wanted to do and just went for it. I was like, 'Okay, no one else can create my future for me, and no one can get what I want for me, so I have to go out and get it myself.'

I never really wanted to base success on charts and chart positioning. For me, it's really about the shows and seeing them grow.

All I've ever wanted is a nice truck, and that's what I got.

I wanted to be the best footballer in Belgian history. That was my goal. Not good. Not great. The best.

I was good at studies and played sports. The only difference was I had big dreams even as a child - I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur.

When I was a model - and I was all during high school and college - you always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine. That's how your success was judged. The more cover, the better.

I have gotten more than I asked for. All that I ever wanted was to hear my voice on record and have a song among the Top 20.

I began to discover that, in addition to her stunning achievements, there were flaws as there would be in any person's life. I wanted to tell Madam's story in an honest, frank way.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.