Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

Action roles - or any role - should go to the best guy for the job. People obsess about nationality. Hollywood and America might be the hub for pop culture and cinema for the Western world, but that shouldn't suggest that all the roles should go to young American men. ”

To be given a lead role in something as cool and fresh and crazy as 'Spartacus' was a real thrill. That had a lot to do with the evolution of my ambition as well. ”

I always knew I wanted to be in the NBA and play myself in a video game. That was my goal when I was a kid. ”

My goal is to be the best. That's my thing I want to achieve - the best that I can be - and hopefully, that's the best player in the NBA. ”

I never had to worry about putting a target on somebody else's back. Usually, the target was on my back. ”

I've done this a couple times, been to a couple different camps and a couple different AAU practices to talk to kids. I tell them you have to be dedicated, have to decide if you want to be a serious basketball player or not. They always ask, 'What if you get discouraged?' You have to remember what your goal was in the first place. ”

I became a better talker on the floor, being at Duke, being in leadership with Coach K, and I think I got better defensively as the season progressed. ”

If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved. ”

Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful. ”

Fitness of a top-class squash player is very important, and talent only can't do the job. They have to get training regularly for at least eight hours a day so that they could put some good show in a two-hour match. ”