Jonathan Coe Quotes

I define success a little differently. My dream from day one was to act and stand on my own two feet. I'm literally living my dream after struggling really hard to get here and that in itself is success to me.

Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.

I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.

After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.

I'm following my dreams and doing what I love as a designer. I did not want to be one of those kids with a famous last name that doesn't do anything. That is very unfulfilling to me and I'm very happy.

Real success is not, like, materialistic. It's being where you want to be when you want to be; just living your life how you feel; having an ultimate goal and being able to accomplish it.

I had a dream, and I'm living it.

I see a David West score 47, and yeah, it'd be cool to put up numbers like that. But I don't need that to make me happy.

I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position.

For me, I already fought some of the best people there are. I already did, you know, what I need to do for me.

I wanted to be a writer and I ended up being a writer.

I've created the life I wanted.

I am living my dream, basically.

I'm happy about the fact that I got to do what I wanted to do since I was a kid. The fact that I got to live the dream that I wanted to live.

Now I'm at the Premier League and help my family. That's all that matters.

What fulfills me are the goals that I have in life. And those goals are not just about scoring goals, although the goals give me a lot of strength and happiness.

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success.

I didn't get rich and famous, but I do what I love.

I knew a lot of girls who just wanted to be famous, and if that's your goal, that's awesome; that just wasn't enough for me.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.