Quotes About Success

What people don't talk about is I've been promoted out of every division and been to the final of an FA Cup.

The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.

I talk to my guys and I tell them, 'You have to fight in a way that you don't give the promoter a choice but to bring you back.'

For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.

My grandmother was a promoter. My father was a promoter.

The more successful a promoter becomes, the more ruthless they've got to be.

If you're very good, that can sometimes actually hurt you. How? Well, the promoter might say, man, he's going to come over here and beat our champion and will raise his price or will never come back and defend the belt.

Promoters do bigger numbers when Ken Shamrock's name is on the card.

I just work hard and do what I've got to do and let my promoters and matchmakers handle that part. I basically tell them to get the guy that has the best record that wants to fight.

Boxing is so easy for me, sadly. I don't mean to be cocky. The promoters don't like that I walk through other girls but it's not my fault that I'm so good.

I worked for promoters that I couldn't stand and they couldn't stand me. But they knew if they put my name out there, I would sell out for them.

You're only as good as your last song. That's something somebody told me, and it's so true. You've just gotta keep putting yourself out there, even promoting 'God Made Girls.'

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.

Since I was 17, I had been just making records and promoting them.

As long as you are promoting something that you really believe in - yes, it's incredible to see that designer earn the esteem they deserve - but there's something to be said about the fact that if you're convicted about an opinion, and you really believe something's great, you're not going to credit yourself for their success.

I was a good-looking, sexy guy. That certainly didn't hurt in promoting my music.

The only risk of failure is promotion.

Stop hoping for a promotion that's not coming. Instead, start a business at which you want to work.

I can excel in any situation, and like I've said, I'm not pro-WWE or anti-ECW - I'm pro-Edge. I don't care about promotions; I care about myself, plain and simple.

Being in UFC is a great promotion for me because I have more fans from all over Australia.

Making a success in show business is like getting a big promotion on a job. You get more prestige, more authority, more money - and you also get longer hours, more work, and more responsibility. It evens out.

Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'

Promotion is absolutely essential in the movie business.