Quotes About Achievement

I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.

Without bragging, I've been blessed to have five of the greatest statistical years for a running back.

Statistics are there to be broken.

I honestly don't care about individual awards or statistics.

I didn't have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence - a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the reason I was racing.

Statistics are one thing. But if you're not putting up the numbers as far as winning, they're not going to consider you for things like the MVP.

You can be a great defensive player, and if you don't put up splash statistics, then you're not going to get noticed.

I don't really care about statistics from other attackers.

At Notre Dame, even my statistics teacher wanted me to win.

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

One day, I saw a statue of Benjamin Franklin, and I said to myself, 'I can do that kind of work, too.'

Pete Rose may not make the Hall of Fame, but a statue of him is going to be erected outside the Cincinnati Reds ballpark.

I had never imagined that one day, my statue would be installed at Madame Tussauds.

To have a statue of you up 100 years from now at the Superdome, I think that's amazing.

There are three things on my piano - my Best Villainess award, my Grammy, and my Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame statue.

You never grow up thinking you'll have your own personal bobblehead. And then when you make it, it's like, 'Damn, here's a little mini statue.'

If you've been nominated for an Oscar, it would be ridiculous to say you didn't want to win. It would be lovely to have one of those statues.

Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an award is that it creates opportunities.

I grew up looking at the Grammys. It was a childhood infatuation with these people walking around with gold statues. I felt like they were the best, and that's why I started working so hard.

Show me a team of the stature of Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid, or Barcelona who is not obsessed with winning the Champions League. If they are not, I'd be surprised why they play in it.

It's fun to look over there and see a guy with as a great stature as John Elway. It's really cool that he went to one of my games.

My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.

To be awarded with an honour of the stature of a Padma Bhushan, which is deemed as one of the three highest civilian awards in our country, is just gratifying.

People looking down, looking down, don't think a guy like my stature can be an All-Star. And every night I try to step out there and prove them otherwise.