Modest Success Quotes

I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living.

Look at France and Didier Deschamps; he was just a guy who just did his job but he was captain of one of France's most successful teams. Then you've got Iker Casillas; he's not into PR or things like that, but he's one of the most successful captains of Spain.

While I was always successful... I never thought I'd be one in the world.

Some companies simply aren't meant to be bigger than they are. They provide products and services that satisfy their customers in a way that pays the bills, produces reasonable profits, and allows them to keep their people employed and fulfilled. And there's nothing whatsoever wrong with that.

The American dream is about achieving happiness. When you become a fire fighter, a police officer or a teacher or a nurse, you know you're not going to become a billionaire. And what my parents achieved working as a bartender and a maid at a hotel after arriving here with nothing, no education, no money. The first words my dad learned in English where I'm looking for a job.You know what my parents achieved? They owned a home in a safe and stable neighborhood. They retired with dignity and they left all four of their children better off than themselves.

I've done a fair amount of commercials. I did a bunch of Champion spark plug ads and Levi's and Molson Beer. You wouldn't know it. But some of it's damn good.

I have done nothing important or distinguished since we met except to win the handicap prize, worth ?4 10/- at North Berwick.

I've never had a big hit movie. "MASH" was probably the biggest. I don't make those kind of films, and I never have. I wish each one of them would just do billions of dollars worth of ticket sales, but they never do and they never will.

I used to say my biggest accomplishment was just getting drafted, whether it was the first pick or the 100th or whatever.

I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn't go to his head either.

I have tons of pictures of myself as a kid with my medals, and they were never gold medals.

I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

Even though I've done a lot it also feels like I haven't done a lot. I've sort of popped in for supporting roles in things, and that's been really delightful.

Before 'Y Tu Mama,' I did 16 movies that only my family got to see because I invited them to the premiere.

People come and go around you, but you're never the one getting the big stuff. I like that.

I'd say that I'm super proud of only four or five things I've done, but mostly I'd like to be remembered as a really good actor who people enjoyed watching.

I've never sold a lot of records.

I've always had just enough success to buy me some more tour dates and another record.

I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.

I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.

I've always had a quiet career.

To look back and know that I have had a pivotal role in the development of comics is something I'm very proud of, although it's not something I think about unless someone brings it up.

In a country that never wins anything: in Canada, if one of our athletes so much as makes the final in a World Championship, we declare a national holiday.

I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.

I was a decent student but not a great student.