Quotes About Achievement

People often ask me for the secret to success. Usually, they mean success in the music industry, but I think the answer applies to most things in life: always persevere and never give up.

Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.

I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there forever, and having no idea where on shore I'd end up. I made it, and I'm proud of the determination and persistence that took.

I had a persistent mindset that I was going to make something happen for myself.

One who is persistent will excel.

To be persistent and to have courage is important to get through difficult times and to achieve what you want to achieve.

I think the mind has a way of getting to where it needs to get to. If you are persistent.

How you handle the obstacles has a big impact on how you do. If you give up, then you obviously don't get there, but if you're persistent, and you keep thinking of new ways to approach the business, you're more likely to reach your goal.

The results of anything are equal to how persistent you are with it, so if you're persistent and dedicate yourself to working out, you'll get bigger results.

I'm happy with the person I become.

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

A mentor enables a person to achieve. A hero shows what achievement looks like.

The Miz is someone who people are usually like, 'I can't believe how well he's doing. I can't believe this. I can't believe that.' But to me, he's someone who really always defined what it takes to becomes a successful public persona and in-ring entertainer, and to me, that's being authentic.

The hard part for me was being an Olympic gold medalist and having that persona; you don't see too many Olympic gold medalists go into acting. It's actually even more difficult. You're not taken very seriously, and you're looked at in a different light, so it was kind of hard for me to go straight from Olympics into acting.

I'm a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan. And if I could have a career like his... he's amazing. And not only his career, his public persona and how he carries himself.

That attitude, that persona I carry is something I've always had with me. I mean, that's what made me successful, especially in football, and is making me successful now.

Put up in a place where it is easy to see the cryptic admonishment T.T.T When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb it's well to remember that Things Take Time.

SMALL THINGS & GREAT He that lets the small things bind him leaves the great undone behind him.

ABREAST He who aims to keep abreast is for ever second best.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible.

If a man is born for success, another may with a god's help 20 sharpen his edge and drive him towards prodigious feats of glory;   and without exertion few have won joy,   which is a radiance in men's lives beyond all deeds.

The height of perfection is mediocrity.

I've come to see that competitors are necessary to those who want to get on in the world. Opposition is indispensable to success.