Quotes About Greatness

I'd like to think I could do something great - a performance like Meryl Streep's in 'Sophie's Choice' - at some point in my life. At the same time, though, I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to be great.

The Champions League is, in terms of club football, the most prestigious one. And if you don't win it you will never be named one of the greatest teams, no chance.

I wanted to be great, that's from day one.

If I really felt like I was the world's greatest athlete, I'd get 10 great events. But I know that's pretty much not possible. That's the toughness of the decathlon.

America is not in decline.

Defense is the thing we can control and bring every night. But I want to be great on both ends.

All the truly great players have had to demonstrate their importance and value in the most difficult competition of all.

The conventions of an almighty agency tapping you for greatness and signing you up and telling you this is going to be the next big thing; that has not been my career.

My first task is to show how great we are as a nation - let's banish the pessimists.

I'm willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.

To me, greatness does not mean mortgaging the future of our middle class by giving tax cuts to our wealthiest citizens.

Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places.

Conducting is a strange thing to teach. There are very few great conducting teachers, and most great conductors don't teach. Look at Valery Gergiev - what he does is not teachable. A lot of it is on-the-job training, what works and what doesn't work.

AC Milan will always be a great team.

We put pressure on ourselves because we want to be so great; we want to be the best team possible that we can be.

I was also very lucky to be a teammate of two of the greatest players to have ever played the game. I learned very early on by playing for Frank Robinson and with Henry Aaron that even the greatest players in the game were just one of the guys.

I'm not going to be depressed about my career however it ends because I've met great people, I've played with great teammates, I've played for great coaches, and I've lived out a lifelong dream. But it wasn't just about a dream of playing in the NFL. It was about a dream of playing in the NFL and winning Super Bowl rings.

Power," as John Adams had written, "always thinks it has a great soul.

firmly believe if heaven had not something very great in store for America, we should ere this have been a ruined people

America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.

Greatness is not only about what you have or where you are in life but what you do with what you have wherever you find yourself.

Have a clear wall of defence between you and your work. The world can judge your work, but that does not define who you are. You are capable of decisiveness, clarity and greatness.

The great talent and the greatest difficulty - isn't it what we commonly call "charm" in daily life? People are charming because they aren't aware of their charm. That's what I'm looking for: true charm. That's what cinema needs.

Say not "a small event!" Why "small"? Costs it more pain that this ye call A "great event" should come to pass From that? Untwine me from the mass Of deeds which make up life, one deed Power shall fall short in or exceed!