Mark McGwire Quotes

No. 1 is big for me because I've been dreaming about it all my life.

Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

We still haven't played Madison Square Garden. That's a benchmark. Something will have gone seriously wrong if we don't play Madison Square Garden for this album.

I hope I will have achieved something lasting.

I'm living my dream now.

I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire. There may be some tears because this is a dream of mine.

I've set no world record.

The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.

If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I felt pretty thrilled, but not quite as thrilled as I felt when I saw my name in the 'Examiner' for the first time.

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.

I feel like winning a world championship was a hurdle I had to get over.

'Marbles' really took so much and such a thorough effort from me that I was so happy to tie that up and have it feel satisfying.

It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

In 2007, I hit 50 home runs. That was pretty cool. I never thought I'd be able to do that. At the time, I didn't even think it was that big of a deal for some reason. But now, looking back, I realize it was pretty cool.

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

I accomplished something big and that's a memory I will never forget.

We know we are on the right path. Our journey is not finished, but we have come a long way.

Til the day I didn't play under-19 World Cup, nobody ever celebrated my birthday. And the moment I played for Indian team, my family got excited and ordered and cut a cake for me in front of 40-50 family members.

There's probably nothing quite like crossing the finish line and seeing the clock read numbers that you have never seen before.