Quotes About Success

We started making independent records. We started in '94 until about 2000 when just kind of just did it ourselves... We'd write our own songs. No one cared... At some point, we decided to try and write our own original stuff and one of the last independent records is when we wrote the song 'I Can Only Imagine.'

I love to watch that movie 'Cinderella Man.' He comes from the top and he goes to the bottom and he makes it back up to the top. I just kind of see myself as a guy like him.

I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having a good time.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

I'm not just looking for hits.

Just looking down the bench and when you're on the court, you start to realize, 'I'm an All-Star.'

There are a lot of belts I want to win, not just one.

You can't go into business thinking that success will come to you in just one or two years.

I'd love to be able to dominate cycling in general, not just one event.

I just happened to see an ad saying 'Willing to train an assistant editor,' and I learned enough from that to go to NYU for just one summer course. That's all that I could afford.

You look at the years that the Giants have been successful, it really wasn't just one star that got it done.

I want us to have just one of the biggest shows in rock and roll.

I'm a guy who wants to make a lasting impression on hockey, and if I'm going to do that, I have a lot more work to do than just one season.

It's just one of those things, I believe in myself and - especially with how hard I've worked - I'm one of the top five players in the world.

I know just one thing is those guys, KG and everyone, they're hungry. They want it bad. Sam's the only one that's had that, has the ring. Other than him, everybody else over there, we want it bad.

Growing up, people are like, 'Mary, we'll see you at the Grammys.' You're like, 'I'll be at the Grammys.' Then, you're actually at the Grammys! That actually is happening; it's not just something people are saying because they like your music. It's real!

We had a lot of close games; we were losing games. Failing in those opportunities - when the game was close? And we needed a bucket or a stop? I wasn't able to come through. It's just... something that you get comfortable with as time goes on. You're OK with failing, as long as you're trying as hard as you can.

I see myself in business. I'm good with numbers. It's just something that interests me.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

I don't have to justify myself. I work a lot and I earn a lot.

From day 1, Justin Timberlake has been a huge inspiration for me.

You can tell black artists are front and centre when Usher discovers and launches Justin Bieber.

When I was 25, I had risked everything to launch Justin Bieber and was a couple months away from losing everything.

Asher Roth lived on my couch for six months to build up a following. With Justin Bieber, I moved him and his mother to a town house a block away from me.