Quotes About Achievement

I didn't think I'd be playing football at 31 so it's a blessing just to be able to come out here and compete.

I was in school - I was a good learner; if I wanted to get something done, I could get it done. I was lazy, though. I was always, like, sort of an outcast. And when I got home, I was always doing music, but when I was doing music, no one was there to judge it, you know? It was just me in my bedroom. It gave me freedom and made me happy.

Never let your circumstances determine your outcome in life.

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

Money is the outcome of my work and is incidental.

I'm somebody who gets up every day and says, 'What am I going to do today, and how am I going to do it?' I think it moves me toward some outcome I'm hoping for and also has some, you know, some joy attached to it.

Winning is no longer just the outcome. It's part of the process.

This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I've spent on my professional career.

I'm not motivated by having the largest revenue base - you get that as an outcome. If we do our job well, we will be appropriately rewarded.

You're paid to perform. There is an outcome to a game and it doesn't matter how many goals you score. If you don't win, you don't have a good time.

With sports, there's no entitlement on the field. It's about numbers. It's about results. It's about outcomes.

Every time I do something in life, I try to outdo myself.

Hopefully we'll figure out how to get 'Iron Man 2' going, and I'll be involved with that. You have got to outdo what you did before. So, if the last one took two years, we would need at least that to do what we are talking about or, at least, thinking about.

Just as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town.

I feel like I've accomplished everything I could in the dunk contest. It would be hard for me to go back and outdo myself.

To keep winning, I have to constantly outdo myself.

I have always wanted to outdo myself, be it films or shows.

Every time I perform I always kind of outdo myself.

It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.

Personally, I loved our performance for the 2018 MAMA's. I loved our outfits and choreography.

After I got done playing basketball, I needed a competitive outlet.

If what you create does not outlive you, then you have failed.

I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.

The good news is that I've already outlived two Brontes, Keats, and Stephen Crane. The bad news is that I haven't written anything.