Quotes About Achievement

Michael Waltrip

I wanted to be the man, the King of Miami.

It's just a dream come true. I can't believe I'm standing here with a Miami Heat hat on, walking across the stage. It's a blessing.

Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes.

In two years, I'll be making more than Michael Schumacher.

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.

I think I would go for a Michael Phelps kind of guy.

Michael Phelps is a sporting god among men. It is hard to say if anyone will ever match his accomplishments, but it has been an honor to see him become a legend. He makes me proud of the American sports institution and proud of the sports that get mass attention only every four years.

I'm not trying to get five medals. I'm not trying to be Michael Phelps.

I want to be the Denzel of acting and the Michael Jackson of music.

If you don't think it's possible to win five golds, go talk to Michael Phelps.

You can lose. Michael Jordan lost, but that doesn't mean he wasn't the GOAT.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if you believe that you are, then you're almost as good as being that.

If you were the greatest, you were the Michael Jordan of whatever business you were in.

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

You wanted to compete against Michael Jordan, because they were the best. You wanted to beat them. Never once in my mind, I went, 'I would love to play with him.' I was always like, 'Man, we've got to beat them.'

I never wanted to be Michael Jordan, although I would like to trade bank accounts.

Growing up, you'd see Michael Jordan on everything from Gatorade to shoes - everything. Obviously, that's something pretty cool for an athlete to aspire to.

I always watched Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and I said I could be playing on the court with them.

It's always cool to make a comeback like 45 Michael Jordan did, or like Marshawn Lynch.

I always found it a great challenge playing against Michael Jordan, to play against Magic Johnson, to play against Larry Bird, to play against all those good players because it's something that you can take away from it.

He made the game look easy. But being Michael Jordan, and all that came with it, that wasn't easy.

Hopefully, one day, I'll be up there with Michael Jordan.