Quotes About Success

If you optimize for money too early, you will be minimizing for learning, almost without exception.

A win is a win, but a decision for me is not an option any more.

My parents' sacrifice and hard work obligated me to be successful, it wasn't an option to fail.

Losing is not an option for me.

It's nice being the first option as long as you're winning.

Me going to college was not an option.

A long-term manager is a better option than a short-term one, but you've got to get the right man.

The attitude of, 'I will never self-publish,' coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option.

Failure was not an option for me.

It was never an option to not succeed.

Now, if I speak to people who want to act, I say, 'Don't give yourself a back-up.' If I had gone to university, I wouldn't be doing this job now. Having that pressure and no other option just made me work that much harder for it, because you have no other choice.

I love acting. I had a backup option in writing or direction. But I have gone on to become an actor.

Some people are born and train their whole life to be an NBA player. But some people, if it doesn't work out, then they have no other option.

It was clear from very early on that I would work in the family company. There was not really ever another option or idea.

I've been the guy who has been the third option most of my career.

I'm addicted to success, failure is not an option.

You go into every game knowing that somebody wants to compete with you and take your place. There is no easy option and you always have to prove yourself.

Like cricket, hockey too needs to be a lucrative career option.

If you look at champions, they came from nothing. That's where they get their drive and determination and hunger. They know they have no other option to succeed, because they had nothing. I had everything.

Make sure you're building your brand early and make sure it's a good brand so in life after basketball, you have an option and you have resources to help you with that.

But Id missed the boat in rugby, I was stuck in a rut and I needed a change. I was lucky to have darts as an option.

My parents sacrificed everything because they wanted a better life for me and my little sister. That's why we came to the U.S. So it wasn't an option not to step up to those high expectations. So I didn't go to high school. There was an early entrance program at California State in Los Angeles, and I started college at 13.

I wanted to make money very fast, and I was completely confused after college. I didn't know what career options I had. And then I had this entry point in the film industry, and I thought, 'If this is where the fast money is going to come from, let's see how it goes.'

I've been doing mostly independent films, and things like 'Goal' give me a chance to have more options.