Quotes About Success

Probably more than any other movie we've made here at Pixar, 'Up' was the one we were the most nervous about.

What I've learned running Pixar applies to all businesses.

I started at Pixar the month 'Monsters Inc.' came out.

When I first landed at Pixar, I felt like I found this creative oasis with John Lasseter... It's what you thought Hollywood was going to be.

The world does not want to see a Pixar film that's not great.

Sales went crazy when we made the pizza perfect.

At 22, I had something I loved to do - make pizza - and something I was good at: running a business.

Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in.

I have a goal of being the No.1 pizza company in the world.

I remember where I'm from. It's like, 'Dude, you used to work at Pizza Hut.' I still have the hat.

The only place that matters is first.

There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.

I'd love to say second place is great, but it's not.

I've always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.

I'm just a kid that defied the odds. I'm just a kid that ignored the doubt. I'm just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I'm going to continue to go all the way.

If I can work with Shyam Benegal and Yash Chopra together, who are the kings of art house and commercial cinema and win awards for both of them then it means I have placed myself everywhere.

My favorite song I ever wrote is 'Yeah 3x' because it was my first placement. It was with a great artist, Chris Brown, and I couldn't believe it at the time. Honestly, I still can't really believe it! It is the first time someone ever gave me a shot, so that is my favorite.

I don't look at it as, 'Oh, I'm gonna keep making beats, and I'm gonna do that until I die.' But that's how some people look at it - gonna just keep making beats, get placement after placement.

We really focus when we compete, not about the placement so much, just about us having our moment.

I've lived places these guys can't defecate in.

There are only two places in the league - first place and no place.

I competed in different places all over the world. I represented my country in the Pan-American championships.

Let's not be miserable when we win. There's definitely people in places that, even when they win, they're not happy. That's sad.

Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.