The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.
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Related The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. IRVING BERLIN The toughest thing about being a success is that you've got to keep on being a success. IRVING BERLIN The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. IRVING BERLIN Youve got to be an optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one. WILL ROGERS It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that ... MARTIN SELIGMAN I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER I think this is a starting point for us. We've got to keep building. MANASE HOPOI Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ing... GEORGE S. PATTON A single talent is not a ticket to success in life. It must be nurtured on a daily basis. OLASOT Success is a combination of Effort, Talent and Hard Work .there’s got to be hard work and mental t... BROCK LESNAR I knew that in Hollywood they tend to pigeonhole talent, and when you experience a little success in... F. GARY GRAY One of my producers said this business is like a hamster on that little wheel thing that goes around... SEAN HANNITY He's got talent, and the thing with Mickey is that he is focused on whatever he does, be it basketba... DAVE TYKOSKI Talent is only the starting point. IRVING BERLIN The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. CRAIG GROESCHEL He's a unique player. Not only is he someone who is incredibly talented on the field, but that talen... BRIAN CASHMAN I just told him, 'Hey, you've got to let it go. He's a hard worker and I think he wants success, but... JERRY RICE The most important thing is not to achieve success, but to keep it so that it would be stable SUNDAY ADELAJA We need to start working on development. We really need kids to start skating. We've got talent out ... CATHERINE RANEY Hey, you've got to have a thick skin. You've got to take negativity for what it is. You've got to ke... JON GRUDEN Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS There's been a real good improvement. The biggest thing I told them is not to get down about last we... JAMIE FREELAND Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends. SOPHIE TUCKER Integrity is crucial for business success - once you can fake that, you've got it made. HENRY FORD 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON I'm very pleased. I've got goose bumps right now just thinking about it. I'm starting to see the tea... WADE WILSON You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a... ISAAC ASIMOV It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the arti... JAMES BALDWIN It gives us a lot of confidence. I think confidence is the best word to describe our feelings and em... ASHLEY BOEHNEL That wasn't a coincidence. Those are our playmakers, and we've got to get the ball to them. So they ... KYLE TURLEY Hold it down until you come up JOHNNIE DENT JR. We were still working on our project and we slowly started to realize we have to support this guy, o... DREY SILVA Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to fin... ERIC IDLE We're definitely happy with the success up to this point. And the thing that makes it the most satis... AMBER WILLIAMS To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count... INGRID BERGMAN I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talen... JEANNE MOREAU You got to accept it. When you're winning games, you got to keep doing what's been winning and that ... DUSTIN HERMANSON Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in t... JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in t... JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND While both these statements refer to eggs, the main difference between these two rather irking state... CHRISTINA ENGELA It is good we are still talking about our chances of winning cups at this time of year. The importan... GARY SPEED On paper we are better than the team that got third at nationals two years ago. The catch with this ... MARK PHILLIPS I think they've shown confidence in me, and they see the talent level is there, the ability is there... J.P. LOSMAN It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final. SOURCE UNKNOWN It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final. ANONYMOUS It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. ROGER BABSON It's been a long time since I've been on top. It's nice. But on a course like this, you've got to ke... DUFFY WALDORF Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY We've got the talent this year, but I'd like to keep things low-key for now, ... I hope we can live ... FRANK RUSSO It is important that they keep working on it. There is still time to get it done, JAMES KLEIN A lot of things can be read into it, but essentially it's about the desire to be an artist and what ... JAMES FRANCO Now that we've got it up and running again, we've got a few ideas about that. I don't think there ar... LINFORD CHRISTIE Chariho is very strong. It beat Westerly in the Injury Fund. So, we know Chariho is somebody that we... CHRIS WARNER The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching. DENNIS GREEN I'll be with it as long as it takes. Certainly, in this business you need a tremendous amount of inn... ANDY GARCIA We're working on that, that's the only thing we're worried about right now. He has a lot of work to ... RON PEDUZZI You've got to keep the gas on and keep it going. CLAY OGDEN I've got a lot of respect for the Eagles organization. This was a business move, and I understand th... HUGH DOUGLAS This year's continued success for the girls is owed to a combination of new talent and returning run... KRISTIAN KUEGLER I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that th... DELPHINE ARNAULT I've had enough success for two lifetimes, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck... KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... ROALD DAHL With the 2008 Olympic Games coming up, he's got to raise the level of his gymnastics to be world cla... MARK WILLIAMS It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent. JOSEPH ROUX You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL Suspects. Prospects. Whatever you want to call it. They just got to keep working, and they got to st... BOBBY MARTIN Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic v... EUGENE J. MCCARTHY It is better to be a pragmatist than a lunatic. DEBASISH MRIDHA We've got to keep working on the title issue now. FATHER LEO WALSH The great thing about using the Internet and these various sites [to scout for talent] is that you c... BOYD PETERSON What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, somet... MICHAEL BAY I'm just proud of our kids to hang in there and keep their composure through all that adversity. We ... KURT SIMON Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success ... DENIS WAITLEY Loving someone that doesn't love you is like reaching for a star. You know you'll never reach it, bu... NEIL GAIMAN It is beneficial for them to do this. There is no question that they are working hard and having som... CASEY ALEXANDER He's got some raw talent. He's got some tools, some talent. He's just got to play and play and play.... DICK SCOTT Their goalie is very, very good. We've got to keep getting shots from the point...and start crashing... MATT CHROMY It’s only wisdom that enables a person to keep and maintain a position of success. PST ADELAJA SUNDAY Needless to say, I'm very excited about a partnership with Sporting News Radio. Sporting News Radio ... DAVID LANDAU Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go ... AALIYAH He's got a real good feel for the game, and if there's something he needs to work on, you sit there ... DAVE MCKAY I think it helps to know you've got that kind of talent on the field. That being said, it's more tha... BRIAN DUNSETH I was just pleased and hope he continues to be successful. But somewhere along the line, you've got ... ARCHIE MANNING Every successful track don't reach success. Success depends on the person who is walking on that tra... ATUL KUMAR Keeping what you have is hard like searching for what you've lost. AULIQ ICE The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well a... JULIUS ERVING Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent. GEORGE ALLEN, SR. We've just got to stay positive. We've just got to keep on working. We've got a great coach and we'v... EDUARDO NAJERA Passion is very much needed in business,because it is only passion that can keep one for 50yrs in a ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love an... JESSYE NORMAN We've got enough talent to be competitive. We've got some kids that know what it takes to win. We ce... DENNIS LONG “I have four friends on my way to success. Luck, talent, developing filed and killing instinct”. DR. SHAILESH THAKER They all seem to be big games. We've just got to keep winning, it doesn't matter who the opponent is... PETER LAVIOLETTE Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true op... NOLAN RYAN It has long been a sad fact of the music industry that there are a great many people who try to make... WILLIAM ARCHER What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken. ROBERT KIYOSAKI
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