Quotes About Success

When you set out to do a show about a sponge, you can't anticipate this kind of craze. We just try to make ourselves laugh, then ask ourselves if it's appropriate for children.

You know, I came in as a rookie and didn't get to play much at all, really. Became a sponge. I had to go through the rough, get cut a couple times, take the G-league route, which was the D-league back then.

When I moved from Canada to Korea, I experienced a massive culture shock. I wasn't familiar with Korean culture at all and was very surprised at the hierarchical elements of Korean culture. However, at the time I was determined to succeed so I became a sponge and just soaked in everything I could.

You have to imagine you write a show about a sponge and you think that maybe a few people will think it is funny, some college students, but it takes off. It is truly shocking - to the point where it is bizarre.

I've never had a car sponsor or all the things that most others seemed to have had.

I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards.

I was sponsored to go to the U.S. and became a Black Eyed Peas, and now I'm paying it forward and helping other children like me.

I never had any financial support or sponsors, and so I always had to, at every level, prove myself the hard way. I was five years in Japan before I got my debut at Le Mans. And I think this is a humble way to get through as a racing driver.

I take every race like my ride is on the line, like it's my last. I don't get sponsors when I finish second. My sponsors aren't happy when I finish second. They're happy when I win.

When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that.

Before my accident I had to fund my racing through finding sponsors myself so I am use to it. Obviously at that point I was 15 or 16, knocking on business's doors going 'I am a racing driver, a British champion and I want to be in Formula 1, will you give me an amount so I represent your brand'.

I didn't get any crazy sponsors. I don't have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.

It's all very well to talk about how it would be great to have a woman driver, a woman with sponsors and marketing, that's all great but to get into that drive you have to perform. That's what I realized early on when I got into Formula One.

I want to do well for myself and my sponsors... but I feel no pressure, because I don't play for the money.

I'm really happy in the Premier League, everything's good at home with the family and sponsors and everything. Life can't be any better.

I think every athlete wants to get sponsored. If you do really well in your sport, then I think sponsorship can help you get rewarded in that sense: doing what you can for your sponsor. It's just another achievement in life.

I made more from sponsorship than I did from fighting. I did that for the longest time.

I've not received any major sponsorship deals or anything else.

I definitely think I do things one project at a time and I try not to be too into one thing, but I love horror. I don't know if my success as a horror boy is because people think my face is spooky or what, but I definitely enjoy making these movies.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in Beverly Hills, but I was born with a great deal of self-worth.

I was not born with a golden spoon in my mouth.

I did not grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I had to fight for everything I've achieved in my life - which is true about all of us. And I truly believe that we are all created equal. It's about the paths we choose.

I could see it wasn't going to be easy. I couldn't give a franchise to any old greasy spoon. And I knew the chicken had to be cooked the way I told them to cook it if it was going to be as popular as it could be.