Quotes About Achievement

The beautiful thing about cycling is that it is so accessible and that pleased me when I was younger because you felt like you could almost touch the athletes.

When Cristiano burst on to the scene here in Manchester, he spent a good chunk of his early career here and enjoyed so much success. That's why it was a dream of mine to play for Manchester United and I'm very pleased to be here because it's a childhood dream come true.

Some songs take months to get right, but 'Let Her Go' was so easy. I was no more pleased with it than any other song I'd written.

I suppose the thing I'm quite pleased about is that I am, I would hope, a role model for girls and younger women who are thinking about doing science.

Success for me is to write what I think is a good song. When I'm pleased with it, that, for me, is a magical moment. I never lost that buzz.

I count something as successful if it pleases the audience.

My childhood was full of shocks and alarums, and I had to work a long time to make a life that pleases me.

It is obviously pleasing to see your name associated with La Nazionale.

Performing well's always pleasing, especially when the team gets the win and you can help contribute to it.

Naturally, any time that our national team beats Australia is pleasing but the first time we beat them in 10 years at Stratford in 2005 was a day I'll never forget.

Being considered for Sixth Man is definitely something that is pleasing.

I'm always looking to improve as a player and it's very pleasing when you see those improvements.

Writing has taught me a lot - though far from everything - about writing, so as time has passed, it has become more pleasurable if not easier. I've done other things in life, but writing is by a factor of 10 the most difficult among them. And, of course, you never achieve what you set out to achieve, so you must keep on trying to do better.

I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that.

It's a guilty pleasure that things I loved as a kid I now have the power to put into motion and up on screen.

I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself as a bit like a jewel-maker who can sit back and admire his work.

It is a pleasure when I get to captain PSG.

I was never that much a focus of interest in my career. I'm aware of that now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.

I've learnt and I just want to be respected for what I've achieved on the pitch. I know I haven't achieved much off it but I do know I've given pleasure to people watching me play football over the years.

Money has never been an issue with me. I will make and continue to make plenty of money.

There's plenty of ordinary Nobel laureates.

I don't let it get to my head because there have been plenty of good juniors that haven't made it to the big stage.

I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.

You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully you have plenty of those moments in a big comedy.