Ella Fitzgerald Quotes

I'll never feel like I've made it.

I still don't feel like I've made it. I can't imagine ever feeling like I've made it.

I'm not sure my achievements have been 'great.'

When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.

I'm just worried about what I'm doing. Case has played well, and Case is doing a great job. But at the same time, I'm not going to concern myself with him.

Everyone wants to perform.

I've always had this crazy thought that I have to win something; otherwise, my career's a complete failure. It's ridiculous. Will a trophy change me as a person? No. Will it make me a better player? No. So what the hell am I worried about?

Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this - two books, some television and everything - I'd panic, I'd be scared.

I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.

It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling.

It's good to have it over with. I worked on it a long time, and I didn't know what people were going to think of it. Would people like it? Would they buy it? So far it's been doing pretty well.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

There is something wonderful about turning up every day and knowing that not just the character but the whole movie kind of rests on your shoulders. And there's great satisfaction when you think it's going well and then real terror when you think it's not.

I live or die by how well I act.

Applause waits on success.

I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack up with Survival, but that'll be up to the critics.

I know there's a difference between being successful and feeling successful. And if you ask me if I feel successful, the honest answer is 'not yet.'

People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at what you do and how long you've done it. And what is success in your eyes? Have you separated yourself from everyone else in that craft? Or have you settled amongst the pack?

I never felt like I had made it.

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.

In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.

I still haven't come to grips with our success.