Quotes About Achievement

Basketball is what got me out of the projects. It got my momma the house she never had, the car she never had. Nobody is going to get the best of me. You might score more points than me, but you're going to know you were in a dogfight.

My greatest love in life is to develop projects. I just get a huge kick out of that. I've been doing it since ever I could.

I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

I've been lucky enough in my career to work with a few people who are really prolific.

In order for a person of color to get on a cover of a magazine, they have to do something prolific - winning an Oscar, being the first billionaire, you know, or whatever. I think it's becoming more natural that somebody can get on the cover of a magazine just because they're an amazing person. That's what it should be.

Jimmy Anderson deserves everything he gets, and even though he is an Englishman I will be delighted for him when he goes past my record and becomes the most prolific fast bowler in Test history.

I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?

I would be like, 'Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.' But then I think, 'You know what? A lot of people can't say they've ever done what I do - they'll never have this opportunity.'

I was the girl that didn't go to prom or my graduation because I was too busy working with producers and making music.

I don't win anything in life, you know what I mean? I was, like, the awkward kid who didn't go to prom, but I did - nobody noticed, though.

I started my account to post pictures of client makeup I did to get more gals during prom season. I never in a million years would've expected to be where I am today, or even working with CoverGirl.

Getting sacks are like prom night. It never gets old.

Being deemed the most successful at prom does not mean you're going to do the best in your life.

Bayern has always played a prominent role in my dreams.

I wanted to be a prominent actress and for that I really worked hard.

If you score 20 goals one season, then you have to promise yourself that in the following season you will get 25.

I traced the marley floor with my pointe shoes, and imagine myself on the stage, not as a member of the corps, but as a principal dancer. It felt right. It felt like a promise. Some day, somehow, it was going to happen for me.

Every now and then, a writer emerges who just gets better and better. These are the really exciting ones to encounter. Their novels carry the promise of so much more to come. Warwick Collins is one such writer.

When I was young, I told my parents, 'I promise you I'm going to play in the Champions League, and for my first match, I'll invite you to come and watch me play.' Luckily, I was able to do that, and I was very happy. It was a moment of pride.

I think grateful is the right word. Content would be dangerous given there's still so much I want to achieve. But I'm grateful that I feel like I have fulfilled the promise I showed growing up.

I love playing baseball, and I always promised myself, if I had the chance, that I would work as hard as I could to be the best player I could possibly be.

I have promised my mum that I am going to get a degree even if I turn 50.

I promised myself: Before your 18th birthday, you're going to be at Jean Paul Gaultier. And it worked. I was hired.

Nothing's promised. You got to go out there and earn it.