Quotes About Success

No disrespect to any other competition, but what drives me now is majors, Ryder Cups, the Olympics.

I'm not dissatisfied with my place in it rock 'n' roll.

To be totally honest, I thought I would have a Broadway debut in the distant, distant future, maybe in my 60s or 70s when somebody revived one of my off-Broadway plays with a star.

I have the distinct pleasure of doing exactly what I want to do and get paid for it. It's a joy.

'Ambitious' is seen as a dirty word, especially when it comes to women. But what being ambitious actually means is to achieve distinction in your chosen field.

I want to do something that has never been done, and that's become the first two-time NXT Champion. In a sense, that's a strange distinction to want, but that has to be my goal while I'm in NXT.

I'd like to believe that achieving a leadership position is all about competency, capability and ambition, so I try not to distinguish between the sexes when it comes to giving career advice.

I have to do so much to distinguish myself.

I knew 'Crenshaw' had elevated me and distinguished me.

Proud 2 Pay - that's something that distinguishes me, that's something that defines me, and we're going to keep that going.

I want to act in films and TV drama, so that's where I'm aiming to be, and I'm not going to let anything distract me or turn my head until I get there.

Whether my film becomes commercially successful or not, only God can tell, or the box-office numbers. So why worry about it and get distracted?

Many times I have gotten distracted. That has hurt or impeded success.

Lord knows one can use a distraction during divorce, and it's great to feel you are again successful on your own, with your own identity.

For some reason, the busier I am at the track, the better I tend to race. I think it's because I don't have to deal with all the distractions outside the car that can get me in trouble at times.

I didn't even think anyone would want to make 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to distribute 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to see 'Cop Car.'

A film that doesn't get distributed is like a child that never gets married.

You've got the movie, distribution, and marketing. All are equally important, so educate yourself on how to do the best you can at each of them.

It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.

I think the British industry is set up to support British film, if we make films that enable them to support it. If you don't make a commercial film, distributors can't get behind it. If they don't get behind it, the film doesn't do well.

When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life.

We became quite famous in our district. People came especially to watch us. And I used to love it when we heard them saying, 'There go the girls who beat boys.'

The man who has really won the love of one good woman in this world, I do not care if he dies in the ditch a beggar - his life has been a success.

I'm going to prove to the rest of these girls walking around, strutting their stuff, that I am the top Diva and I am here to stay.