Quotes about Success

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

That feeling of being the NBA Champion is really unparalleled, because you're the best in the world. Without question. How many people can say that in any profession?

Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Around 20. I'd been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit for six months. And I started to realize that I couldn't be successful until I let the street life go.

Even Sachin used to get ducks during his career. There are ups and downs in every athlete's career.

I've had so many ups and downs in my career. When it's going good, you learn to enjoy the ride.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.

I grew up in a family in which no male upstream from me had ever finished high school, much less gone to college. But I was taught that even though there was nothing I could do about what was behind me, I could change everything about what was in front of me. My working poor parents told me that I could do better.

I think, first of all, I don't think people understand Ice Cube's body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate to use the word 'urban' but - when you think of Judd Apatow, and a person who's launched so many careers, Ice Cube has done that for so many comedians, you know?

Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.