Quotes About Success

When I was at Paisley Grammar we were equipped to compete with the private-school kids - and encouraged to do so. The sky was the limit, provided we had ability, ambition and a capacity for hard work.

When we started Skype, if you look at analyst reports, no one forecasted it as a big business. Also when Google started, it was not fashionable to be in search. It's not trying to do the obvious - that's the hard part.

While in two very different sectors, both Skype and TransferWise were born out of frustration.

You start a business being hungry, foolish, and a little bit naive. But more often than not, you end up being disrupted yourself. It happened to Skype.

The narrative of, 'You won an award, so you're going to skyrocket' - it's very emotive language but not necessarily true. I've definitely got auditions I wouldn't have got before, but it's not like jobs get rained down on you.

A lot of bands, they'll try to jump on the bandwagon or the fad or the fashion, and they'll skyrocket, have this quick overnight fame. But as soon as that fad or fashion changes, they'll go out with it.

The time you do get edgy and the time you do want to slack off is the time, boom, there goes your opportunity. So you don't want to have that.

Business doesn't cut you any slack because of your gender. You're either good at what you do or you're not.

I don't think you can win a Grand Slam and not be confident in yourself.

As far as myself, I want to see myself hold a Grand Slam, be at the top of the game.

I know in the back of my head I have a Grand Slam win, which definitely takes a lot off of me, a big load off.

To be able to hold all four majors - the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA - all concurrently I think is the Grand Slam. But a lot of people have a different opinions on that. People think you have to win it in the same calendar year.

Long-term, I want to capture the WWE championship. I want to be a grand slam champion.

I got to one Grand Slam final, and that's what you shoot for as a player.

The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks.

Playing in a main draw Grand Slam is something you dream about as a kid.

I believe I have quality, and that's why I won a grand slam, so I know I can do it again.

My whole life, I've been working really hard, and I can say I'm a grand slam champion.

I am very glad not only to complete the grand slam, but to become Olympic champion alone makes me happy.

I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.'

Olympic gold is obviously right up there with a grand slam. It's a big win. You can say it's more, you can say it's less, you can say it's equal. It's very much up there.

I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.

I never expected to win a Grand Slam because, for me, I was not good enough to beat those guys.

Winning a Grand Slam is not something I'll think about.