Quotes About Achievement

I have a career, and I deserve respect.

I think I have done enough for sports and made enough of a name for myself to deserve some sort of backing - most of the other girls have it.

I don't want that title to come to my hands and be like, 'nah, I don't feel like it was deserved or it wasn't earned or whatever' - not saying that any of my accolades weren't, but I want it to be special. I want it to be super special and just super dope, and even if it's not special to everybody else, at least it is to me.

I deserved to win the Ballon d'Or.

Westlife never got the credit they deserved.

Cristiano deserved to win everything he's won in his career.

I'm happy that Holloway is the champion. An example, someone who deserved being where he is.

When I look back on my career, from the hard work I put in, I got everything I deserved.

I thought those three years when we won championships, I really was good enough to play in the All-Star game. I felt I deserved to be in the top whatever that would be, the top 20-some players in the league. Really felt that comfortable and confident on the basketball court.

Nobody just deserves anything, nobody's just entitled to anything. You have to go out and get it.

There are always going to be questions asked when there is competition. As long as you can answer those questions, then you are deserving of a place.

Success isn't something you achieve by accident, but rather by design.

I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect.

When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.

When I see a car I've designed going down the street and somebody admiring it, that's a nice feeling.

I never had the dream to be a great designer. My focus was just to do beautiful things.

I'm a great fan of Bloomingdale's, and I'm a very loyal alumni of Parsons. I think what they do, what they've done, is amazing. They've educated some of the best American designers.

It is an everlasting desire to make my dreams come true. And it's getting to the point now where it's like, come on I want my dreams to come true so that I can get on with the rest of my life. Sometimes I think about the rest of my life when I'm done.

For me, the burning desire has always been about building what my family had.

As a small kid, I had this huge desire to be thought of as really clever.

Of course making money and being able to live life the way one desires is important.

I can't say that while I sat at my desk cold calling or trying to help people re-mortgage that playing for England was a real achievable goal.

I think I'm probably a little too desperate to be successful.

I knew that was going to be the last chance to play in the Champions League final - I was desperate to win, I put a lot of pressure on myself. Finally I got hold of that cup - it was the defining moment of my career. I got really emotional and nearly fainted on the pitch.