Unforeseen Success Quotes

I knew I was going to be successful from day one. From day one. That's why it throws me whenever someone says it was such a fluke that I was successful.

We wanted the freedom to be playful, to experiment and do what we felt like doing, but we were heavily affected by the success that the first record gave us.

I always think back to that first night in Brooklyn, where I debuted, and it was this total surprise. I just remember thinking, 'I hope they care. I hope they remember me.' The way they embraced me that night, I knew it was the start of something special.

When I was writing the Destiny's Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn't know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.

When we started work on 'Baahubali,' my sheer aim was to be able to live up to the imagination that Rajamouli sir had in mind. As an actor, my intention was to bring up 'Baahubali' live on screen for the audiences. I never even expected in my wildest of dreams that the film would grow on to become a phenomenon of sorts.

Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.

I feel the superstardom is God-given. I don't know how Pawanism came. I find it strange.

When I was a young kid, I never expected to play for Arsenal or England.

Growing up, you think about playing in the big leagues one day. But to this scale, and winning a World Series in your hometown, I don't think you could have planned that.

As far as the path of [Bill] Goldberg and all his ultimate success, I don't think any of that was planned. It was all organic. All of it was so different.

My career has been full of remarkable coincidences that have nothing to do with me.

Every game I played was a bonus.

I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.

It never was my plan to get into television.

Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities.

I was in junior college a few years ago, so to be here sitting in this spot talking to these NFL executives, it's a dream come true. It's something that not a lot of people saw coming.

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

My stint with 'Ally McBeal' is something I never planned nor expected.

I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course

I've never done anything but what I wanted to do with my life. I don't think too many people can say that. I wrote the songs I wanted to write, for me. I had no idea that 'American Pie' would relate to anybody.

Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.

I'm always taken aback by things that are successful that I think are just crap, and then I'm completely surprised when things I do end up being successful because you walk into things and you never know... It's just really remarkable.

I never expected to be anybody important.

My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.