Quotes About Success

We have to be able to execute early in games, whether it's a block, whether it's a throw, whether it's a catch, we have to be able to make plays.

It ain't about catching 20, 30 whatever. If I catch two I catch two, if I catch 10 I catch 10, as long as we win, that's all that matters to me.

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.

I was never in the top category of anything. I was never on people's lists. I was never the potential anything!

I'm a confident person next to the guy in the street, but if you go into the showbiz world, it seems the guys who are most successful are the most confident, and I don't think I fit into that category.

I've said no to a lot of things because they didn't make me a leading man. They put me in a category I wasn't interested in.

I am No. 1 in every media category.

Because of who I am and what I've accomplished, everything is pretty much given to me. People cater to me all the time. It's almost like I've lost that edge - lost the ability to want something and then put in the work necessary to get it.

I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.

Football can change really quickly; you really are king for a day. Once you get caught up with things and think you've arrived... you've never arrived in football.

I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting whacked.

The other guys just caught lightning in a bottle with a great game.

'Downton Abbey' has become this huge thing, and I really enjoy the success of it, but I sometimes find myself on the outside looking in, which is sort of a healthy way to look at it so you don't get too caught up in it.

I was born on TV, meaning that's where I caught my break. So that's where I always have to be smart and revisit that medium as much as I can.

It's not about me. I think people are too caught up with what I'm doing. It's just numbers. I'm trying to win.

I never really caught on in America. I don't have an agent. It's too strange for me.

I didn't want to get caught up in the mind-set that, 'Wait a minute, I'm ahead of Magic. I better slow down.'

I think pressure is good. Just watching my brother and my dad be professional athletes, I think pressure has driven them and has caused them to excel more.

The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it - rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful.

If you're making enemies along the way, you're going to limit the ability for yourself to be successful in advancing your causes.

I have never thought of which kind of movie will give me the big break. I have always been more cautious of the roles that I have played.

New money is something fun to celebrate if you never had it.

Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.

You want to be the best at work in order to go out and celebrate.