Quotes About Achievement

It was an absolute pleasure just to be able to tell my grandkids, 'Yep. I Superman-punched Vince McMahon right in the face twice.' You can put that on my mantle.

I dreamed of one day starring in a film. I've done that twice. Denzel Washington has done it countless times, so I still got some work to do.

One thing I never thought I would get to do is end up on 'The Daily Show,' not once, but twice.

I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good all the time.

I always felt like I had something to prove, like I had to work twice as hard to make sure I got it. I knew I didn't want to be a good skier. I wanted to be the best.

I got to fight the greatest-of-all-time in my weight division - not once but twice. I was watching this guy when I was 16 years old when I first started kickboxing. I wanted to fight Aldo in a kickboxing match. A couple years later, I came to MMA and wanted to fight him. 10 years later, I got to fight the man twice.

I won Money in the Bank twice, and then I cashed it in to become Champion. I was Champion. No one can ever take that away from me.

To beat City twice is no easy feat.

I joined the Royal Ballet School when I was 13. Before then, I'd done ballet twice a week after school. The rest of my class had started aged 11, so I'd missed two years and was really far behind.

It wasn't on my agenda, but the thing about getting important awards is it makes the adventure of your career have a little more possibility. I think just what's happened so far is already making the opportunities more interesting, even though I'm at the twilight of my career of like 48 years.

If we show fictional characters doing cool stuff, then girls will want to be it in real life.

One thing is a fairly simple and straightforward thing. I don't long to direct. I really want to get some good parts.

It's okay if it takes two or three years for something really good to come along, but I don't want to wait ten years for something great to come along.

If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for 'em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must first make a ball of yourself; that's where it is.

It's what everyone is after, I mean they want success and when they get it it's an incredible pressure but what you have to do is try to keep the big picture in view.

Fame compensates for a column of wants.

When I'm watching TV, I'm always drawn to those female characters who are doing something that I would want to do.

Do the best you can. But I want to emphasize that it be the very best. We are too prone to be satisfied with mediocre performance. We are capable of doing so much better.

My greatest accomplishment so far is to keep selling enough that I never want for the labor that sustains my Presbyterian soul.

People can say whatever they want to about me... and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure.

Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do.

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.

I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.

Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it.