Quotes About Greatness

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

We have a President, perhaps for the very first time since the founding of our republic, who doesn't appear to believe that America is the greatest earthly force for good the world has ever known.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt

That we have great men in our time and recent times is not because of our educational system, but rather in spite of it. They are the ones the teachers couldn't spoil.

Well, it used to be Kobe Bryant... the second best all time.... now, I have a new favorite player to play against... my former teammate, LeBron James.

Dizzy, Duke and Charlie Parker were the greatest jazz legends of all time.

Your time is too valuable, your destiny is too great, and your future is too bright to waste a single moment. Be a now person.

Today I am the greatest of all time.

Yeats was the greatest poet of our times . . . certainly the greatest in this language, and so far as I am able to judge, in any language.

If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.

In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after

Everybody knows that I am one of the greatest fighters of all time and I would beat all those guys.

Regardless of Bobby's recent hate-filled rantings, which I abhor, he is nonetheless one of the greatest chessplayers of all time.

I think Charlie George was one of Arsenal's all time great players. A lot of people might not agree with that, but I personally do

A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.

But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness.

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.

Some of the presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.

There is nobody else out there that I would put ahead of Joe Greene. By far the best Steeler of all time.

How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?