Quotes About Achievement

The World Cup gave me a lot of confidence - just to know that I can play at the highest level and not only complete but play well.

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

Experience alone can give, even to the greatest talent, that confidence in having done all that could be done.

If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

My first world title gave me the confidence to go and do bigger and better things.

If we can't quantify and communicate our value with confidence, the achievements of the tremendous women before us will have all been for nothing.

A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem.

I think confidence comes from doing something well, working at it hard, and you build it up. It's not something you're born with. You have to build the confidence as you go along.

In the beginning you likely say, 'I run.' With more confidence, you say, 'I am a runner.'

I was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober.

The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.

I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.

Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.

Nothing can be achieved without hope or confidence. Be sure you always have both!

If you ask me why I've succeeded it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.

Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it.

That goal [in the 1998 World Cup] changed me-not as a person, but as a player. People have looked at me differently ever since. It gave me confidence and now I feel I can achieve anything.

I set out to be the best and I am.

Be positive about the future. The road ahead will be worth it!

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

Faith in your own powers and confidence in your individual methods are essential to success.

When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.