Quotes About Success

Every time we play, we want to win, that's for sure. It may be the World Championship, the Olympics, the NBA Championship or the South American Championship, but we always want to win.

I'm sure personal accolades are nice and you appreciate them very much. But it's about winning Cups and winning Olympics and winning World Cups and that kind of thing.

I had a gold medal in olympics at 12. At 14 or 15 I had my career set before me. Because I started so early, I had this daily training. It developed a focus. It became so natural that it was like a native language for me to play chess. That's why I didn't feel pressure.

I have always said the Olympics was a great grounding for me, to have that pressure on top of me, the whole nation watching you in my own country.

Before going to the L.A. Olympics, I had participated in only two competitions in 400m hurdles. Yet I came close to a medal. So if your mind is strong, you can achieve anything.

I saw my baseball career skyrocketing, but there was always something in the back of my head that was missing. That was trying to make it to the Olympics.

The Olympics are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I've worked so hard to get this far.

As a child, I always had a dream to make it to the Olympics.

I was happy to complete 118kg. When I lifted it, I knew my place in the Olympics was secured.

If I was able to be omniscient and look at my career objectively, I'd be very happy.

In any game, you have to work to stay in it, especially away against a good team like Southampton. It's a fantastic club and one I've said on a few occasions Cardiff City would do well to emulate, both on and off the field.

Growing up, your whole goal and dream is to make the NHL. Once you get there, you kind of have to expand your goals on and off the ice. It took a little bit of time for me to do that, but again, with age and maturity you understand what you want more and how to achieve those things.

I'm always happy for guys who are enjoying the game and maximizing their potential on and off the court.

Football helped me build confidence on and off the field and taught me to grow through moments of success and disappointment.

I've become more mature on and off the court, and I've learned how to deal with some of those big occasions much better.

Frank Lampard was always the player I tried to model myself on. The amount of goals he scored from midfield was incredible. On and off the pitch, he was what I wanted to be.

You see the teams that are winning or have won, and you see chemistry on and off the court.

You have to believe in yourself. If you don't, things can go wrong both on and off the pitch.

For me to become a professional footballer, determination was key, on and off the pitch.

It's good to get good marks, but some students take it on their heart when they score less in future. But the average student, on the contrary, keeps on trying to do something or the other to achieve his goals.

What I believe is to keep working. How a film performs at the box office is not in my control: what is in my control is my work, how much honesty I can bring on-screen. I am happy people love me.

Once a champion, always a champion.

Every champion was once a challenger.

You only have to be right once.