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Quotes About Achievement

I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me.
~ Placido Domingo
I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.
~ Anthony Hopkins
I've had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than I could have dreamed of, I've raced a lot longer than I thought I would. I know I can still be better, but I just don't know if I love it enough any more.
~ Clara Hughes
I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove.
~ Lennox Lewis
I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far.
~ Shiri Appleby
I didn't feel I had to prove anything more.
~ Miguel Indurain
I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself.
~ Linda Vester
I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process.
~ Elvis Stojko
It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me.
~ Doug Flutie
I wanted to prove I was the best fighter in the world.
~ Lennox Lewis
You are what you can prove you've done. That's how people judge you.
~ Laura Marling
A guy that's undersized has to prove himself right away.
~ Doug Flutie
I have to prove myself five times over.
~ Eleanor Mondale
Playing Karen was so satisfying that it almost cured my acting bug completely. Not that I had conquered the world of acting. It was just that I had something to prove to myself when I started Will & Grace. Now I feel like, okay, well, I've satisfied that.
~ Megan Mullally
After all those years of doing a live, hour-and-a-half show every week, I've got nothing more I need to prove.
~ Sid Caesar
On 'Heartbreaker,' I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did those songs. I communicated the way I did those songs. With 'Gold,' I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic.
~ Ryan Adams
I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said.
~ Russell Westbrook
I've been going long enough to prove what I wanted to prove, to get the girl I wanted to get, to make the money I wanted to make, to drink all the beer I wanted to drink. I've played - not exactly everywhere, but I've played enough places.
~ Joe Perry
Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.
~ Sasha Grey
Most pro bodybuilders have bad relationships with their fathers. We want to prove something.
~ Lou Ferrigno
'Idol' was more of a competition, and that was more of a platform that I wanted to get a hold of and get on top of. And I finally got that opportunity, and now it's more like, I just gotta show and prove myself to everybody that I'm not just the 'balladeer.'
~ Jessica Sanchez
You really can expand the boundaries of your life and do risky things and prove yourself by doing them.
~ Robyn Davidson
I just want to prove that I am really good at something. And I haven't quite done that yet - at least not to myself. I know I could ride so much better, with more ease, with more finesse. I feel I'm nowhere near as good as I should be.
~ Victoria Pendleton
The gold medals from world championships and National Games prove the efficiency of my daily training.
~ Lin Dan