Quotes About Achievement

'Born to Do It' took a kid out of a council estate and put my mum into a home of her own. It changed my whole family's situation, and all from doing something that I loved.

For me, I tend to sit back sometimes and just count my blessings because of how long I've played.

If you have 50 years in the business, you can probably count on only five good movies.

I've made one action movie. But nobody saw it, so I guess that doesn't count for most people.

A lot of people don't do this. You can count on a couple of hands probably how many artists also produce and write, both for themselves and for others, and are able to be successful at both things.

'You Can Count On Me' took 20 days to shoot, and we had 50 days to shoot 'Margaret.'

It doesn't really count as a great year if the team is not doing well.

The records only count when we have won silverware.

Obviously results are what count in senior football, but performing the right way as well is important.

You only get so many shots in this life, and you gotta make it count.

I feel like I was counted out, you know, my first two seasons in the NBA. They might not have been perfect, but I'm proud of them.

If you are black then you have to be better than your white counterpart to be equal. That's life.

Why am I working so hard? Going for 400 books, perhaps, but who's really counting?

I've contributed a lot to country music.

I win when it counts.

But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.

You have to win every battle. Every small metre counts, and you have to win your duels. Then you will see you will win the game.

At the end, if you are good in your film and you have more films coming your way and good characters to play, nothing else counts.

I never thought I'd be a senior player in a county side, let alone the England side. When you break into a county side, that is your aim, so it's an incredible feeling to have achieved that with England.

I came to Notts County and I loved being there. It was great to play a full season and win the League Two championship.

When I saw that Laverne Cox was on the cover of 'Time' magazine, I totally lost it. It was a coup for the girls!

I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to.

A couple of years ago I undertook the challenge of being on the cover of Men's Health - it was seriously hard work, but I felt amazing.

When parents ask why there are still so few girls in advanced science and math classes in high school, I tell them, because girls still need way more encouragement than boys to take those courses.