Quotes About Success

I think the thing I had going for me is a good pedigree and joke-writing ability. But a good pedigree, for the audience, doesn't matter past the first 90 seconds.

The Pedigree was something that I feel very fortunate to have it as a finisher.

Lucian Bute had the world title for five years, he made nine defenses and he's a good, good fighter. The fight before that, I beat Andre Dirrell, who comes from a good pedigree and is a hell of a southpaw. It just shows you the kind of fighter I am when I focus and do my job.

You need to be really great at your job. You need a strong network of peers, and you need a strong network of mentors.

There's nothing wrong with being respected by your peers. There's nothing wrong with trying to do your best. There's nothing wrong with success. There's not even anything wrong with trying to get a raise. There's nothing wrong with that.

You want that - peers respecting what you're doing.

I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard.

In writing I found something I could do at least as well as my peers, if not better.

I really empathise with some of my peers who had success in the early years; then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.

Let's learn from our peers and then beat them at their own game.

The Grammys to me, well, that's my peers. That's the industry thinking what I do is good.

At the University of Miami in the U.S., people thought I was there only because I was Bob Marley's son. I had to prove myself on the football field and soon earned the respect of my peers.

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

All of my peers were becoming bajillionaires. There was no one from college left in the temp force.

I actually had a lot of very smart peers.

I don't know of a filmmaker who does not feel buoyed and lifted when their peers embrace the 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.'

Recognize that the issues we face as women advancing in business are issues my grandmother would have loved to have had. And fight the good fight nonetheless. For yourself and your peers - but also for your daughter, when it's her turn.

As I was coming up, there was so much naysaying, there was so much doubt, whether it was from my peers or people in the industry.

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

There certainly was a time when I started when people looked at me as the secretary to Dr. Buss. Being the boss' daughter amongst your peers, you gotta show up every day.

You want to be respected by your bosses and 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.