Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

Mine is a job that never ends, a function where it is almost impossible to set aside time to rest or take a breather. ”

I think a good designer can exist everywhere and anywhere and all the time. It's all about being good, and I think that our job basically is to make women and men look good. ”

Very early on in the process of trying to sell 'The Summer Prince,' I was told, 'Slavery seems to be very important to this society - is that on purpose?' Well, duh. ”

Don't keep rewriting and polishing something if it isn't setting the world on fire: start something new instead and consider the earlier story a learning experience. ”

Learning on the job as England captain is hard. ”

Even when every Tom, Dick and Harry was calling for my head, I still felt I could get better at being captain. ”

Many people have helped me during my career and without them and fantastic team-mates and coaches it would not have been possible to achieve all that I have. ”

Relief isn't quite the right word but there's satisfaction at a job well done and I'm proud to say that I'm an Ashes-winning captain. Without taking it too personally, it has a nice little ring to it. ”

The England captaincy job, after 50-odd games, has found out what kind of leader I am in terms of a person. It's made me feel far more confident in terms of talking to a group in any situation. But it has taken me a long time to feel like I've been doing it naturally. ”

You have to be very pragmatic, because you walk out to bat at the best time to bowl, with a brand new ball, against the best bowlers, who are fresh. And their job is to get you out, so when you fail there's no point beating yourself up. ”