Quotes About Success

I was given a chance to re-haul 'New Mutants' and take it from the dog of the 'X-Men' office to 1 million copies with its final issue.

I was in the final running for the Zac Efron role in 'High School Musical.'

For most of the competitors, winning the Dakar has little to do with the standings on the final day and everything to do with making it to the final day.

I don't think a lot of players reach a Champions League final. If you look at how many goalkeepers in the league reach a Champions League final, I don't know.

Everyone dreams of winning a European Cup final, and I was lucky to do it at just 19.

A lot of the guys who played in the 1995 final for Ajax had been there since the age of 12 or 13. Patrick Kluivert and Edgar Davids had been there from age seven or eight, so I had a lot of catching up to do.

You've got to dig deep to get from a semi-final to a final.

The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.

When you get to the semi-final of a cup you want to get to the final.

Well, we went to the Final Four in '96. As a college kid, that's what you dream about.

If you go to the Final Four, you can lose 20 games and it doesn't matter.

If we can lose 12 games every year and go to the Final Four every year, I'll take it. I'd rather do that than win 30 and not go to the Final Four.

My final ambition is to turn director.

In a final, it's winning that counts, it's not the style of play that people remember.

I've dreamed about being in the Final Four since I was a little boy.

Being in the final four of 'Tough Enough' has honestly been the best experience of my life. It's truly been an honor.

When everybody starts out in the process of 'The Voice,' you do think about the people who have won or that have made it to the finale and what happens.

I always want to do a big finale.

Commencement Day has a sobering finality in that it's the end of the prescribed path.

The satisfaction you get when you finally beat your dad is amazing, that rush of adrenaline.

I didn't take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that's when I went to being the MVP.

Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.

We finally got our big break when Ed Sullivan put us on his show.

I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a movie that everybody likes.