Quotes About Success

Everybody wants things now. If I hadn't been given the time at Stoke, or at other clubs earlier in my career, I don't think I would have ever been successful.

I've got an awesome career happening, and I absolutely am so stoked with how it's all worked out.

There aren't a whole lot of things I want out of life. My bucket list is extremely short: Achieve the success in the industry I want, and get married. If I achieve both of those, I can die completely stoked. I don't need anything else.

You're always super stoked when you see that your song did go the distance and people are recognizing it.

Between 1958 and 1963, I sold about 40 million records - to the shock of my mother and father because I was always playing Beethoven. But I bought my mother a mink stole. She was very happy, and she said, 'I think this is better than Beethoven.'

People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.

If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.

My dad would always ask, 'How's the money?' but I was never interested. Millions came and went, stolen by the robbers in the music industry. But as someone said, 'You'll never be poor as long as you can pick up a guitar.'

If a stolen base is there based on a pitcher's time to the plate, then steal a bag.

I never think about any of my accomplishments and I always get butterflies in my stomach and I never get too comfortable with the status.

The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing.

Of course there are some models who are not good, but it has been proven that some models can act. Look at Kim Basinger, Sharon Stone or Andie MacDowell, who were all models - they are really fantastic actresses.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.

Get your education, and if you see small opportunities, take them. Each one could be a stepping stone to something bigger.

Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone.

'Rolling Stone,' my first single, was only a hit in Portugal, but when we recorded my second single, 'Can The Can,' I got that hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck feeling, and I knew it would be huge. It topped the charts in the U.K. and Australia in 1973, and I got my first gold disc.

The stuff I write I'm very proud of, but I'm smart enough to know I'll never get on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' next to Elvis Costello.

With the Stone Roses, I always thought we'd be successful because we had some great songs.

I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'

We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic.

Sharon Stone has made a fortune from her movies, so who says you can't get something for nothing?

Once I came up with the 'Stone Cold' thing, it was like a snowball rolling down a hill; it just kept getting larger and larger, and I wasn't afraid to push the envelope.