Quotes About Success

I had had some successes in the '90s, always made money, but the truth was I was like a man pushing a boulder up a hill. A huge, heavy, difficult boulder made up of some career mistakes, projects that didn't meet expectations, and twenty years of being a known quantity.

When I was a kid growing up, there might be 10 shows on the air that had been on for ten seasons or eleven seasons. 'Gunsmoke' ran for over twenty years.

Going on twenty years, I've seen A-Rod getting better in different programs. He's one of the hardest-working guys there.

I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better.

I really do care what people think, and I revolved my whole career and all the twenty five years with Dream Theater... I ran that band and made decisions based on caring what the fans thought and wanted.

Internet players have successfully addressed the all-in play from a mathematical perspective. For example, it's fairly common to see a net player move all-in over the top from the big blind with a hand like K-Q when they have less than twenty big blinds remaining. And for good reason - it works!

Kim and I have been friends for a long time. I've seen how things have played out behind the scenes. She's come a long way and she's a strong woman. The fact that she goes to Australia and twenty thousand people show up to a mall to see her is incredible. She's become an around the world phenomenon.

A lot of dudes have success, overnight success or one-year success but not many have ten, fifteen, twenty in this game so when you can do that is when I look up to you.

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays.

I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.

Twenty-five years has been a good run. Boy bands like Boyzone don't get to last this long, usually.

I graduated college valedictorian, got an M.A. from Columbia University in Spanish literature at the age of twenty-two, and still couldn't answer the question 'What do you want to do with your life?'

I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood. We just knew the rule was you're going to have to work twice as hard.

When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.

When I got into the music business in 1976, there weren't many women on the roster. As a woman, you don't complain; you work twice as hard, and you do your job.

The most beautiful girl in the room not only gets the guy, she lands the job, gets better service at a restaurant, rises through the social ranks before her friends. Doors open for the beautiful woman that may not for a female who is twice as smart but half as beautiful.

I don't think you can catch lightning in a bottle twice.

'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it.

When you win something, once, twice, three times, and you have that feeling, that pushes you forward again. You want to win more and more and more.

That's correct, I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write.

I defended my Strikeforce belt twice, and you didn't see me lose any of my intensity, drive, or motivation. That's just the way I am. I will always be hungry.

I had a great time getting promoted twice in two years, but I never forget how special it is to be playing in the Premier League.

For somebody as successful in the Ryder Cup as I am, I don't think it's smart to sit me twice.

I had great grades. Why? Because I studied twice as long and twice as hard as everybody else.