Quotes About Achievement

I think 'Nick and Norah' was a huge deal for me. It was my first foray into the studio world, and that character was such a gift.

There was something in Nick, becoming the Broadway star that he was and working from the age of 7, being on Broadway for four years, and then doing the music.

I've known Nick Compton a long time. He's a fully-formed cricketer and he's scored lots of runs.

It's why Nick Price was my favourite golfer growing up. He managed to win majors, get to world No1 but did so with a nice-guy image. He showed that the two are not mutually exclusive.

If I had a nickel every time someone asked me if I was going into the Hall of Fame, then... I could buy a lot of stuff.

To get the Nickelodeon award? That's like 'it.' It's one of the best. It's definitely where you want to be in your career.

It's a great honour to have the nickname of Iceman, it makes me feel very proud of my achievements.

It can be a bit sententious in the Nigerian household, to the point where you feel like with any wrong step you've set yourself back so far. It's like everything has to be done right.

To be the first Nigerian to play for Manchester United is a great achievement for me which I am going to cherish for the rest of my life because it's not easy to dream something and it comes true. It's a great feeling.

I think the FA Cup has great memories and I think there have been Nigerian legends that have played in it as well, like Jay-Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu. They've played in it, so it's a great thing to play in the FA Cup.

I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.

I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it.

My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.

I want it all: I want the attention and live for the glory nights.

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

To sell out London's Hammersmith Apollo is amazing. Selling it out for two nights? Even better.

My character has got its own individuality after the 'Comedy Nights.' People recognize me as Palak. I'm quite happy that Palak has attained such an identity.

Awards nights are a part of our modern culture; they're part of what we do.

I joined Nike because I wanted to be the best female athlete ever.

I'm like Nike, just do it.

I wrote 'Legends of the Fall' in nine days, but I had been thinking about it for a few years.

I had been very focused on the issue of education disparities in our country, and literally, by the time kids are just nine years old, in low-income communities, they're already three or four grade levels behind nine-year-olds in high-income communities.

Around eight or nine years back, I participated in 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.' The point of coming on the show was that a person coming from music family can also compete with people from all over India.

I think it took us nine years to get one million subscribers to AOL, and then in the next nine years we went from one million to 35 million.