Quotes About Achievement

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't like?

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

People who love you start to hate you when you become that rock star. Everybody is scrutinizing. They want you to be poor, to suffer, to struggle. I could not pay my electricity bill until I was 50, and now I can. I think this is something I should not be criticized for.

Now I am your valedictorian. I want what you want. I want a future.

Da, sve otkako je ?ovjek prvi put digao glavu iznad ulaza u špilju da pogleda zvijezde na nebu i pomislio kako bi bilo lijepo imati jednu takvu zvijezdu samo za sebe, sanjao je o tome da drugi rade za njega i da on za to pla?a što je manje mogu?e.

Naturalmente —replicó el director—, la experiencia me dice que al final los que triunfan son los que dan más valor a lo que ellos creen de sí mismos que a lo que otros creen de ellos.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.

Hay fantasías que me prometi y desgraciadamente no he cumplido y otras que me cumplí sin prometérmelas

Querido, nuestro matrimonio no ha sido un fracaso, sino algo mucho más horrible: Un éxito malgastado.

The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career.

Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .

It's surreal to know my dreams are coming true.

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

The thrill of seeing my words on a printed page has never faded. Now I've found my niche, my passion. I want to do this every day for the rest of my life.

But you're wrong. Happiness is EARNED, like everything else. It's achieved.

A real life doesn't mean getting what you want; the achievement, the priviledge, too, is knowing what you love. But getting what you love? Having what you love love you back? Oh, my friend, its a miracle: your one tiny life's head-on collision with divinity.