Quotes About Success

It's what kings do. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.

The song This Kiss was definitely my breakthrough song. After that, Breathe was my breakthrough album.

I've been very lucky - I've worked consistently, and I haven't had to kiss a lot of people on stage.

I left school when I was 14 to work in kitchens.

I have to keep the kitchen running, so I can't stop acting in commercial films.

I did 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Celebrity MasterChef.' I was quite good at those, and did a cookbook.

I auditioned for 'Angreji Medium', and that's how I got it in my kitty. I cannot reveal a lot of things but it wasn't a script that was just offered to me. I had to audition for it.

Every kid in America dreams of playing in the big leagues and they don't, just because. It's not because they blew out their knee. It's just because they didn't make it.

I remember power-sliding on my knees the first time I got a job.

I never knew Artist was going to get this big. When I was making it, I put my all into it. But you never know what's going to happen with something you make.

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

I've been managing myself for some time now, and after accomplishing many goals here in Brazil, I knew it was time to make new contacts and do bigger things on an international level.

I knew a lot of girls who just wanted to be famous, and if that's your goal, that's awesome; that just wasn't enough for me.

I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.

I always knew I'd be more of a character actor than a leading man, and I always wanted to take that and run with it.

I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

I loved going to the Knicks because we won the Atlantic Division championship. We went from winning 21 games or 19 games to winning 52 games in a short period of time. I loved coaching Patrick Ewing and Charles Oakley and all those guys.

I had a great job with the Knicks.

I want to have a long career in the NBA. First, I want to be an All-Star, and hopefully one day I can win a ring with the New York Knicks.

Carmelo Anthony should do what makes him happy - either stay with the Knicks and be mediocre, or get with a contender and help them get over the hump.

If you're joining the Knicks, there's expectations that follow that; there's a lot that comes with it.

I know what New York is like when the Knicks are successful and there is nothing comparable.

I don't want to be judged next to guys like Suge Knight. I want to be measured next to David Geffen, Irving Azoff, and Clive Davis. Whether I measure up or not, I let my record speak for me. That's how I want to be judged - by what I've done, not by what people like Ice Cube and Dr. Dre have said about me.

Once I won the roles in 'Spender' and 'First Knight' it was much easier for everyone, me included, to get their heads around the idea of me being an actor.