It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year.
We should all be so lucky in our lives to create things that we're still talking about 25 years later.
It's one of those records that will stand forever. I really can't imagine anyone touching it.
I'm close to achieving something that very few boxers ever have - and that is to retire undefeated, like Rocky Marciano.
Everywhere I went I experienced the same success, which transcends words.
That's where I got lucky; nobody else is doing what I do or really can do what I do.
I don't want to have an asterisk next to my accomplishments for the rest of my life. I don't want everybody to say, 'interim champ' every time someone says Dustin was the champion.
I just want to be treated like an ordinary legend.
It's amazing how lucky Westlife were and what we achieved. It's very rare to have seven number ones in a row. Ridiculous in fact.
I'm the world 'Guinness Book of Records' holder of 1,749 hugs in one hour. My arms fell off.
History dictates that winning three consecutive championships is very difficult.
The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.
The coolest thing is that my sister and I, you know, we've done what a lot of people have not been able to do. Which is to have our own careers, together.
The thing is, it's really hard to be the No. 1 absolute best in the world at something, no matter what you're doing.
Usually I do a job, and, like, two weeks later, it disappears and is replaced with something else, but 'Get Out' kept growing and growing and growing, and it keeps taking me to rooms I could never get in before.
Marie Curie is in a class all her own as the first female winner and still the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different science categories. An astounding scientist.
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
I very much doubt that it could happen again that any manager would do 20 years with a top Premiership club.
This is our time. This is our opportunity. Together, we will accomplish great things.
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
