Quotes About Success

I just want to keep laying down really great, strong characters, and the more I go unrecognized, the better job I feel I'm doing.

My dad wanted me to have a better life than he had ever had. He wanted us to succeed so badly. And I never wanted to let him down.

When I went to school, most parents wanted their children to get good A-levels, to go to university, and get a degree so your children had a better life than you. The way out of poverty was through a degree. But the whole world has moved on from that.

Football really has saved my family and it's true that it saves a lot of families in Africa. It gives us the means to be able to give a better life to our loved ones.

My parents did not have a better life, they went to Australia to provide opportunities for me to have a better life.

I think the higher you can bat in your Shield team, if you're doing well there the better off you're going to be for batting anywhere in the Test line-up or any of the line-ups.

When you make a lot of money, it just means you made a lot of money. It doesn't make you a better person.

Atlanta is home to so much Black entrepreneurship - there's no better place to grow up as a Black creative with a dream.

As long as I'm playing week in week out, I'm going to become a better player.

Going to Stade Francais will not just make me a better player but make me a better player for England.

I wanted to show that Asian players could make it in Europe. But it was far more important for me just to become a better player. That is why I came to Europe from Asia.

It's really important to have someone in competition for your position. Because that's the way to make each other a better player.

I seem to get the best out of myself when the pressure's on. My senses are heightened. I feel sharper. I do better things.

There's no better way to prove the doubters wrong than to win in a KO fashion.

When I went up from the youth team to the first team at Internacional, it was a risk - they were almost betting on me making it.

We're all trying to be Beyonce and Sheryl Sandberg at the same time.

What I learned from Beyonce is just the focus, the drive, and to stay creative and to always give, just keep giving. Throughout the years that she's been doing it, since Destiny's Child to now, she's been giving.

I've always been interested in Mariah Carey, Beyonce, and Leona Lewis.

I definitely idolised Beyonce growing up.

Having the opportunity to work with someone like Beyonce is definitely going to hopefully open a few doors.

In order to succeed, you have to fail, no? You ride a bicycle, you fail; you try a few times, you succeed.

Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.

We want to be big... we want to be a big band, but we don't want to be your best friends.

The harder you work, the luckier you get. I'm a big believer in that.