Quotes About Achievement

I opened up for Richard Pryor in 1992. I had a conversation with him. All those other comedians can say what they want about what they did, but I opened up for the man. Paul Mooney and I are probably the only ones that can say that.

There was no better end than Lance Alworth and no better lineman than Ron Mix. Those are Hall of Fame guys. There was no better guard than Walt Sweeney and no better pair of running backs than Keith Lincoln and Paul Lowe.

To somebody else saying all I need is 10 million dollars, then I've probably made it. But there are Paul McCartneys walking around with $500 million catalogs. That's pretty much what I want. And that's just music. That doesn't even include directing and writing of movies and all of the other things that I want to go on to do. So I have a big dream.

All my big success has happened since I worked with Paul. I've worked with other people and alone, but I've enjoyed myself more and worked best with him. If he became big-headed that would be fatal, because I'm the bighead in our relationship, and I bully him over work.

I would love to work with a Beatle: Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr.

Paul McCartney would be the end all, be all. To work with Paul would just be amazing.

Everyone takes pause at 40. It's the age you have to assess everything in your life. It's the fictitious marker that's always coming up when you're young. The world really does look at you to kind of have it together by 40, and be successful by 40. Whatever success means.

To be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a huge honor for any one person in this industry. It not only gives you credibility as the mark you made in the pages of history to the fans, but notoriety for the path you paved for everyone who followed in your footsteps.

People like Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut are really paving the way for successful women.

I got the Pawnbroker of the Year award. They said I did more for the pawn business in one year than their media team, in 30 years, has been able to do.

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

When you get your first pay cheque, it's the best feeling in the world.

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.

Commercial success certainly helps pay the bills.

It was satisfying to take a risk and see it pay off.

Usually I try not to pay attention to the charts, because I don't want to be like, 'Damn, I came in at Number 237.'

As single-mom female inventor, there was no path for that, so really I don't think people took me seriously for a really long time. Certainly the Miracle Mop being my first successful product, people started to pay attention, and I guess now they really pay attention.

We don't really try to pay attention to the score, we just try to play to win.

You know, last season I didn't do anything on the show, so I was frustrated. I mean, don't get me wrong: It's nice to get a paycheck. But if you don't really do anything it's not very satisfying.

I don't know anyone who ever got deferred pay. I'm the first of my friends to ever actually get a deferred paycheck.

Forty-five years since I made my first paycheck, and I'm telling you that 'Breaking Bad' is as good as it gets.

I bought a camera with my first ever paycheck.

We know we can't win the Cup every year. But we certainly can be in position to win the Cup every year, and if we've done that, I think we've earned our paycheck.

My first big paycheck - this is kind of funny - I bought a Cadillac DTS. I thought it looked really comfortable.