Quotes About Success

I grew up learning from guys like Ron Simmons and Owen Hart. They were like mentors to me, so I was able to embrace what they taught me, and I think I did alright.

I was lucky to have amazing mentors like Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson.

I've been so lucky, with incredible mentors along the way, that now I need to be that for someone else.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.

You're not going to be selling a lot of merchandise if you are losing all your matches.

I wasn't going to sell out on top, if I was going to be in the main event with somebody I wasn't going to sell out an 80,000 seat arena, I wasn't going to sell a lot of merchandise. I wasn't that guy that you were going to put as the face of your company.

I always see my music for its rewards rather than its awards. But I always thought if there was one award I'd want to win, it would be the Mercury.

I came here as an immigrant. We were poor. We went to flea markets to sell gifts to make ends meet. Just the mere fact that I can be running for Congress is something that can only happen in a place like America. It's such a wonderful country.

Great VCs are more than mere investors; they are often seasoned leaders who have built companies themselves.

Whether you like Mourinho's style or not is open to discussion but he has won in different places and this has a lot of merit.

Merit should count more than academic background.

I have been measured on my merit and on my accomplishments.

Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.

The UFC and WEC didn't give me anything. Everything I conquered was my merit and from my team.

Gone are the days when the merit of a song was measured by the success of the movie.

I was determined to make it big on sheer merit.

I have many dear friends in the film industry, but finally, the roles come to me on merit, not because of personal equations.

It took me a long time to get to where I am, but I am here and it is everywhere I want to be. A place where both my artistic merit and hard work meet. A day where I can say, 'Yeah, I'm a musician. A good one.'

I can only compare myself to the players I was playing against. To say I won the Order of Merit playing only seven events out of 17 was to me a big achievement.

At some point, an industry has to either succeed or fail on its own merits.

I am a big fan of Meryl Streep.

I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie.

I definitely look up to Meryl Streep because she's been in so many amazing movies, and I just think that she's one of the greatest actresses out there. I also look up to Jennifer Lawrence, especially knowing her and knowing that she is so awesome and so nice.