Quotes About Success

You know, there's a rule in sports, "Don't do anything great if you can't handle the congratulations."

I've never tried to hide the fact that it is my intention to become the best

If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

The score never interested me, only the game.

Swimming isn't everything - winning is.

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.

Winning the world championship in '66 was really the pinnacle of the whole thing, because to win a championship with an Australian made engine was a fantastic feather in our cap.

Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore.

I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality.

If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

A successful coach is one who is still coaching.

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the two most important rules of pitching.

When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.

I expect big things from myself but as long as I can keep the commitment and dedication and put the hard work in, I don't see why there's any reason not to handle it OK.

I wasn't born a world champion. I just worked really hard to become one.

When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

This is a hump you have to get over, and it usually comes in the first series. You get over the hump and you're on a roll.

I will demand a commitment to excellence and to victory, and that is what life is all about.

Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.