Quotes About Achievement

There's no limit to what you can accomplish, but there's always someone one step ahead of you, so it's a constant uphill battle.

I always knew that it was going to be an uphill climb to replace Letterman from complete obscurity with no experience, but I think I had to go through it to know exactly what a titanic effort that was going to be.

I'm having to deal with the LeBrons, Paul Georges, Gianniss, KDs, the 6ft 8in to 6ft 11in guys who can do everything at my height, shoot, play make, block shots, defend. They set the precedent I've got to uphold. There's no excuse for me. That's my goal, to be at their level.

It's empowering and uplifting to hear the Special Olympics athletes share their journey and what's helped them to get to where they are today. I had no idea how much I'd learn and grow by taking part in Special Olympics. It's made me think about my own journey and what's important in life.

The new upper class devotes incredible amounts of effort to raising their kids but that also includes incredible amounts of effort in getting their kids into the right preschool in some elite communities which I think is going a little bit too far.

That the actual practice of meritocracy mostly involves a strenuous quest to avoid any kind of downward mobility, for oneself or for one's kids, is something every upper-class American understands deep in his or her highly educated bones.

I had a long run as a captain. I had some fantastic ups and also quite a few lows in between.

I like the big ups. I'm into the big ups.

I was imagining a long life of being a stone cold loser. Then I got a job, which was really nice, then I got a great agent, a great manager, which was really nice. I was doing a lot of set ups, and, you know, I got to start working in L.A.

There are ups and down in one's career.

There are always ups and down in every artiste's career.

Believe me, my journey has not been a simple journey of progress. There have been many ups and downs, and it is the choices that I made at each of those times that have helped shape what I have achieved.

I've had a long, long road with lots of ups and downs. But that's all behind me now.

Every actor or director has their ups and downs.

I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.

Little ups and downs and high and low tides are there in everyone's career.

Absolutely, I think that during a course of my career, I had a long career in sport, I had many ups and downs.

When you win a lot, you don't learn much. With my ups and downs, it's a lot of learning.

Ups and downs are part of life. One has to try out his best and march ahead.

It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable.

There have been many ups and downs but when you get that one push, it is amazing. When you go ahead in spite of some people trying to pull you back, that feeling has its own pleasure.

If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens.

You learn early in athletics that you'll have ups and downs.

I'm 50 years old and been a college coach for 23 years, but after 12 years, no matter where you are, there are ups and downs.