Quotes About Success

My sister Susan, who was the first one, was pretty good in mathematics and then chess, and my father chose chess because it was easier to measure the results.

I received a call from America after finishing 'Suspect', and I told them that I would go to America if things are ready.

If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!

There is something suspect, especially in America, about people who don't have ten-year plans for a career or at least a regular job.

I have to tell you, I'm a happy man. I've lived the life I wanted to live. I've written the books I wanted to write. No publisher has ever even suggested that I change so much as a phrase - commas and periods, yes - and I suspect that I have a lot of serious readers; in fact, I know.

My mum and dad were incredibly supportive - although I suspect my dad would have preferred me to go the university route. However, I know they were extremely proud when I won the 2011 BAFTA Best Actor for playing comedian Eric Morecambe in 'Eric and Ernie.'

After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week.

My proudest moment was the number 'Reviewing the Situation.' I suspect that, because I gave my all to the role and because I was working with such a fine team of people, it inhibited my future career.

'Criminal Minds,' our original show, is a phenomenal show, and all elements of that show work so well. I think that 'Suspect Behavior' just didn't click. I don't think it has anything to do with spin-offs. I think a spin-off still has to be successful on its own.

I suspect Bill Snyder may be a sorcerer... he's one of the coaches that I admire most!

The Pulitzer isn't a physical object. You can't hold it in your hand. You get some money ($7,500 in my day), and you get a little Tiffany's paperweight with your name on it and the image of Joseph Pulitzer suspended in the crystal. When people see my 'Pulitzer' (I keep it in my sock drawer), they are pretty amazed at its meagerness.

Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.

Belichick's actually great. I wouldn't mind being the New England Patriots. They seem to win a lot. Four-game suspension here and there doesn't hurt nobody.

Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks.

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.

I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts.

Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration.

Anybody can do something one time. You have a great year because everything goes right. But can you maintain it and sustain it for a long period of time as Coach Carroll did and Coach Saban?

I know many actresses who started big but were sent packing, as they couldn't sustain the momentum. I am in this for the long haul.

I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature.

It's not easy to sustain a long career, and sometimes I don't even think about how long I've been doing it.

As far as Ola is concerned, we are focused and determined to build a business that can sustain and be impactful.

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.