Quotes About Success

When 'Flaws' went to No 21, we thought it was the most chart-bothering thing we'd ever do. We had a little party and started thinking about the next album.

I wasn't looking for my flaws when I was winning. Like, I couldn't see them, I didn't want to see them.

I don't take success very well, because I know it's fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don't get too high, and I don't get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way.

We're celebrating our sixth year with my Fleetwood's, and in a restaurant, that's a lot.

Dad always encouraged my singing, so when 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' was a hit in the States, I flew my parents to New York first-class to see me, put them up at the Waldorf Astoria, then they sailed home on the QE2.

You've got to be flexible. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes.

On both of my flights, everything went very well.

When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful.

You can be first, and then in six games, you can be 12th. The results can just flip, and everybody can forget.

It is not often that one of the world's best entrepreneurs rings you up and says 'I've got this business we are about to float off as an independent company and we'd like you to be chief executive.'

I never thought I'd be playing 60 games a season for City, I knew I would be playing half of that if I was lucky. I knew at a club with that much power and resources there would always be a flood of players into the team.

I think when I came into the league, I had to find something that would keep me around. I knew I wasn't going to get the ball a lot, being the younger guy on my team. I knew I wasn't going to play a lot unless I made some sort of impact on the floor. I wasn't the best shot blocker, so I said, 'Let's be the best rebounder the league has ever seen.'

There's a lot of talented guys, but at the end of the day, you've got to go out there and get it. It's really about who's competing and who wants it more on both ends of the floor.

I don't look for roles, for they come to me. Mind you, it's not like I'm sitting in the middle of the floor with thousands of scripts around me. When work comes up, it's good. I love it. Work doesn't feel like work.

I just care about winning and doing what I can while I'm on the floor.

I think I can do everything on the basketball floor. I just gotta be consistent in what I do.

It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players.

When I play my hardest, I feel like I'm one of the best on the floor.

It's important to get some balanced scoring on the floor. For me, I've got to make shots.

The biggest thing is chemistry on the floor and winning.

I really try to handle my business on the floor.

I would just go out and play every game and leave it all out on the floor, and I guess I had the talent to get into a great college like UCLA.

Every time I go out on the floor, it doesn't matter what is going on in my life or on the floor - it's about winning basketball games.

I have to be someone; maybe I'm just doing it for my father. When I made a movie, it had to be a hit because when he died, he was a flop director.