Quotes About Achievement

The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.

Any honor is an honor. You can't really say which one is better than the next, but it's always wonderful when you're honored by your peers for your work.

Making my family, friends, and close peers proud of me is the most important thing.

I have been that actor who's watched peers and thought, 'God, they're doing well. I'll never get there.'

It's humbling how my peers view me as not only one of the best Olympic power and weightlifters, but as an athlete.

I'm just so proud to be champion and to have the support of my peers and my fans.

I get what it feels like to watch some of your peers pass you in a field that you're in.

But there was a lot of pressure to achieve and to get things right, whether in school, on stage or with my peers and family.

When you give someone an award and you tell them that they are the best female chef in the world, you alienate them from their peers.

We as athletes want to be validated by your peers.

I'm used to being respected for what I do, and I've watched as my peers - Doug E. Fresh, MC Lyte - do the same thing and I remember the ones before me - LL, Run-DMC - how it was for them. I think we were able to achieve what we achieved because we watched the generation before us.

I wasn't mad, but it was maybe a little frustrating sometimes seeing some friends and peers my age do well. Not because I wasn't cheering for them - because I feel like I was as good as them.

It means a lot when your peers see your improvement.

Everyone wants respect from your peers and from fans. No better way to do it than beat Miguel Torres.

I wanted to build respect with my peers... I felt like I had done that throughout my WWE career. I really felt it and knew it was there when I got injured.

I was the All-American kid, or so I told myself - good grades, never in trouble, bright future, well-respected by my peers. My favorite comedian was Bob Newhart.

Obviously if somebody scores 17 goals, you're not going to argue with him if he wants to take penalties.

I didn't take many penalties, but I never missed one.

It doesn't matter who takes the penalty as long as the team scores.

My best memory was probably scoring a penalty against Manchester United.

College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil.

I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.

When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.

I have never discovered a penicillin, and I have not worked in the mines where ores of the more Nobeliferous metals are to be found.