Quotes About Achievement

Fear is the single strongest motivating force in our lives. ... The more frightened you become the better your chances of achieving success.

Is it selfish for me to crave victory or is it brave?

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.

Regardless of anything, my dad wants me to "get that piece of paper!" - degree over everything.

I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.

My dad taught us that there's no greater distance than that between first and second place.

Dad said I would always be "high minded and low waged" from reading too much Ralph Waldo Emerson. Maybe he was right.

When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

Building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself.

My dad invented road rage. He wasn't the first guy to get mad in the car, but he was first guy to get mad enough to make the paper.

On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.

When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me.

I think when you are the parents of a gifted athlete, the best thing in the world you can do is to encourage them, in my opinion. My dad didn't push me and I didn't push my children in athletics.

My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.

I had watched Dad climb into the biggest arena and succeed. I wanted to find out if I had what it took to join him.

My dad was a good competitor. I know he'd think I was a little off the charts.

I guess if you are making more money than your mom and dad, you can set your own boundaries.

I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.

Our dad made everything competitive for me and brother. It always was a world championship, a national championship, Big 10 championship. It was always at stake in everything we did.

It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.

He had won, easily. This was something else he could do, and do well, and his Dad had been there to witness his success.

Death frames the high wire. But I don't see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.

Toward the person who has died we adopt a special attitude: something like admiration for someone who has accomplished a very difficult task.