Alain Prost Quotes

Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Eventually, the most important thing is success. I want to achieve a lot of success. It doesn't feel good when your film doesn't do well, and yet you are appreciated... everybody should succeed.

People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.

Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

When you do good work, people will notice you.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Our success is now so apparent to others that one of our biggest challenges now is to manage the resentment it sometimes generates.

An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'

It's been so nice for people to have a favorable reaction to what I've done. You work hard, and you try your best, and like anything in life, when people respond well to it, it's like, 'Well, good. I'm headed in the right direction here.' So it's been really, really nice.

When you do well, everybody's after you, and sometimes the motives are legitimate, and sometimes it's envy and jealousy.

The people that have made a name for themselves and really just can wrestle have worked their butts off to get to that place. They definitely deserve a lot of respect.

There's no problem with trying to be successful, but it's all about just doing good work. It's not about fame.

I feel that I've worked so hard to gain the respect of the fans and my co-workers.

Success demands sacrifices. I believe it's a small price to pay for the adulation and love one receives.

One thing I learned from my old man is that people are going to be happy for you, but not too happy. When the tables are turned and you're hanging out on top with a guy like Randy Orton, who is in the main event at Wrestlemania, not all the guys are going to like you.

You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success.

If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work.

In America, if you succeed, you don't have to apologize. In Italy, success is envied, and envy is the worst, worst, worst thing in the world. It's easy for me to say because I have had more than many others, but at the end of the day, I have never envied anyone. I wish to no one that they waste their time envying anyone else.

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.

People don't like success.

Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level. If you didn't do the hard work, you wouldn't be standing there. On the other hand, people do a lot of hard work and don't get Oscars, so it's a mixture of glory and injustice at the same time.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.