Quotes About Success

Being successful right away is obviously less stressful, but when it takes longer, it's often sweeter.

Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

There's no way to become great overnight, but in the marathon of success, it takes a lot of intention to see you through each day of the journey.

New gene pools are generated in every generation, and evolution takes place because the successful individuals produced by these gene pools give rise to the next generation.

I've already proved I have what it takes to be the champion. I'm right there.

Nobody ever lost money taking a profit.

I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances.

Right when 'High School Musical' was taking off, one of my little cousins called and was really excited to tell me there was a huge 'I Hate Zac Efron' club at her school. I'm sure they're doing great. More power to them.

In Formula One nothing is easy, but I can feel I'm taking the right steps, that I'm working in the proper way.

For managers like me what is our dream? Is it what I did with Newcastle when we finished fifth? Or what Roy Hodgson did in taking Fulham to the Europa League final?

When I began to rap, I wasn't taking it real serious. As I start seeing good things, it's getting serious.

For me, it's all about taking things a step at a time, proving I'm good enough and on the right path.

If I keep taking my good swings, swing at the right pitches, good things will happen.

Doing projects really gives people self-confidence. Nothing is better than taking the pie out of the oven. What it does for you personally, and for your family's idea of you, is something you can't buy.

When I'm running in to bowl, I am always thinking of taking a wicket.

I'm one of the few artists who started from the ground up for real. Not taking no records to the radio station begging no DJ to play it. When DJs started playing my records they called me for them. I ain't pull up and ask nobody for nothing, I ain't pay nobody nothing.

I loved the city of Chicago, and I love the Reinsdorfs. I'm forever grateful for them in taking a chance on me, allowing me to become the player that I am today. It's still incredible to me that I got to hoop in a Bulls jersey.

I have done many movies. Some simultaneously and others after taking a break.

People say you make your own luck; I don't think that's the case, but maybe you contribute to your luck by recognizing it and taking advantage of it.

It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities.

I can control my effort, how hard I work and taking advantage of the opportunities.

A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things.

I think I've always been very good at taking advantage of the opportunities that have been given to me, because I didn't have many. Once I got one, I grabbed it with two hands.