“I came into the rap game in 1992; my life was changing, but my group wasn't successful; I also saw the biggest rappers in the world die all of a sudden in the ensuing years, so it was a matter of conquering yourself before you can conquer the world.” WorldYearsMatterDiesGamesSuccessfulSawsGroupsRapConquerRapperConquer The World Author:Ja Rule
“I always say this to people: 'If Shaq can be in the NBA for 19 years and dominate for 19 years using his body, why can't I be in the music industry for 50 years using my brain when my brain is way stronger than anyone's body?' I have to have a successful record company, more hit records. I want to dominate the game.” PeopleIfsWayWantYearsBodyGamesBrainCompanySuccessfulRecordsIndustryStrongerNbaMusic IndustryRecord CompaniesShaq Author:Rico Love
“A single inattention may lose a chess game, whereas a single successful approach to a problem, among many which have been relegated to the wastebasket, will make a mathematician's reputation.” MayHas BeensProblemGamesLosesSuccessfulApproachChessReputationMathematicianChess GameInattention Book:Ex-prodigy: My Childhood and Youth Source: Ex-prodigy: My Childhood and Youth
“I am honored to be selected as Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Over the past 16 days we've had some outstanding performances by Canadian athletes and it is truly overwhelming to be selected as the flag bearer amidst the most successful Canadian Olympic Winter Games team ever.” PastGamesSuccessfulTeamPerformancesWinterAthleteCanadaOverwhelmingFlagsHonoredCeremonyClosingOutstandingOver The PastSelectedGame OverOutstanding Performance Author:Cindy Klassen
“Marriage is not something that can be accomplished all at once; it has to be constantly reaccomplished. A couple must never indulge in idle tranquility with the remark: "The game is won; let's relax." The game is never won. The chances of life are such that anything is possible. Remember what the dangers are for both sexes in middle age. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.” AgeRememberGamesSexChanceMarriageSuccessfulMiddleDangerCoupleAccomplishedRelaxIdleTranquilityIndulgeRemarksMiddle AgesIndulge InAnything Is PossibleEdificeSuccessful Marriage Author:Andre Maurois
“Football used to be my god but no longer is. I still love it, I'm still aggressive, I still want to be very successful at it, I want to win a lot of football games. And my job is to be the best football player in the world, because it affords me a life; it pays, it's my job, and so it hasn't dulled my senses for the game or the love or the great excitement I get from the game. It's just that I'm very much at peace with myself because of my faith.” WorldWantStillsJobsUsedGamesWinningPaySuccessfulPlayerFootballSensesUsed To BeExcitementBeing The BestAggressiveBest FootballFootball PlayerFootball Game Author:Terry Bradshaw
“For the team to be successful, we've got to set team goals. I go out every game and make sure that I'm contributing, whether that's defensively or offensively.” GamesGoalSuccessfulTeamBeing SuccessfulContributingTeam Goal Author:Phil Hill
“Twenty-eight years ago, I created my first game on an Apple II in my bedroom closet at a time when the interactive entertainment industry was taking its first baby steps. Today the games business has grown to a multi-billion dollar industry and we are just at the tip of the iceberg. I'm thrilled to have been a part of this successful journey and I'm extremely honored by the Academy's Hall of Fame induction.” YearsFirstsHas BeensTodayGamesStepsSuccessfulJourneyBabyIndustryFameYears AgoTwentiesDollarsEntertainmentEightBillionsApplesHallsBedroomClosetsHonoredAcademyEntertainment IndustryHall Of FameIcebergInteractiveBaby StepsTip Of The IcebergFirst Baby Author:Richard Garriott
“From the 15th century to 1688, England and Wales, like Scotland, had been peripheral kingdoms in the European power game, more often at war with each other that with Continental powers, and - except under Oliver Cromwell - scarcely very successful on those occasions when they did engage the Dutch, or the French, or the Spanish.” WarGamesSuccessfulCenturyEnglandKingdomsOccasionsScotlandDutchWalesBritish HistoryContinentalCromwell Book:Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 Source: Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837
“I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night.” ThinkingYearsNightGamesSportsStepsSuccessfulTeamLuckyBeing SuccessfulContributingStep UpGood Team Author:Ed Belfour
“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.” PersonsPlayUsedGamesSportsLevelsSuccessfulTeamFootballDadMy DadArguingBeing SuccessfulUnclesRugbySports TeamGreat Team Author:Clint Eastwood
“This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.” WayTryingYearsStillsI CanGamesAttentionSuccessfulDrawsBallsMindsetPassingPassingsAggressiveAttackingTeammateBaskets Author:James Harden
“The game Flights of Fancy or Reverse Strip Jump is played from as high a jumping-point as a competitor will dare. After each successful jump, the competitor is allowing to put on an article of clothing. Thirteen jumps is normally more than enough to see a competitor fully dressed for the day.” EnoughGamesSuccessfulDareFlightFancyAllowingArticlesClothingsReverseCompetitorsJumpingThirteen Author:Peter Greenaway
“Music critics are, for the most part, bitter people who are intent at dragging people down for being successful at what they want to do, which is probably music. The oddity of being a critic is: You don't get a diploma, you just decide you're a critic. If someone listens to your opinion rather than their own, it's their mistake. Any critic's top 10, any year, it's something controversial or something that will make them look hipper-than-thou. The whole critic game, we've never played.” PeopleIfsWantYearsLooksWholeGamesMistakeOpinionSuccessfulCriticsBitterBeing SuccessfulControversialDiplomaOdditiesTop 10Bitter People Author:Paul Stanley
“Whether it happens over 10 years, like with a lot of people, or with one hit movie that thrusts you into that world, when you become successful as an actor, you become well known. In the end game, that's just part of the business.” PeopleWorldYearsWellsEndsHappensActorsGamesKnownSuccessfulWell KnownThrustBecoming Successful Author:Josh Hutcherson
“Principles are concepts that can be applied over and over again in similar circumstances as distinct from narrow answers to specific questions. Every game has principles that successful players master to achieve winning results. So does life. Principles are ways of successfully dealing with the laws of nature or the laws of life. Those who understand more of them and understand them well know how to interact with the world more effectively than those who know fewer of them or know them less well.” KnowsWorldWayLifeWellsDoeLawGamesWinningGrowthAnswersResultsPrinciplesKnow HowSuccessfulPlayerAchieveMastersCircumstancesConceptsPersonal GrowthInvestingFewerLaws Of NatureLaws Of Life Author:Ray Dalio
“I believe a family can be like that sports team. A successful family wins as a team. But if its members are intent upon winning their own individual battles with one another, the team loses. A winning solution is to work out the differences and, when it's over, let it be over. Then they can get back in the game as a team.” IfsBelieveGamesWinningIndividualI BelieveSportsLosesDifferencesSuccessfulTeamBattleMembersSolutionsWork OutGet BackSports TeamPower StruggleBack In The Game Author:Steve Goodier
“One thing that I've realized is that you're never going to be 100 percent successful. You're always going to be let down. When you have God in your life and you follow Christ, you're never going to be let down. Every time that you fail, He's there to pick you right back up. Every time you think the world's going to end because you had a couple of bad games, God's there to remind you that's not what it's all about.” ThinkingWorldEndsGamesChristSuccessfulFailingOne ThingCouplePicksPercentLet DownBad Games Author:Mark Teixeira
“Do what you need to do, so that you can do what you want to do. Success and convenience do not go together. You have what it takes to be successful, so you have to step up your game and make room for it.” WantNeedsTogetherGamesCan DoRoomsStepsSuccessfulWhat You WantBeing SuccessfulConvenienceStep Up Author:Les Brown
“Hollywood is about playing the game, and I can't think of any successful actresses who didn't play the game. There's a lot more renegades in the music business, from Patti Smith to Janis Joplin.” ThinkingI CanPlayGamesSuccessfulHollywoodActressesMusic BusinessRenegades Author:Madonna Ciccone
“You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.” HardPlayGamesFunSuccessfulPositionCombinationHaving FunBeing Successful Author:Alex Rodriguez
“The game of football really is more cerebral than most people think. To be successful, it takes more than just strength and speed; it takes versatility, intelligence, and ability to think quickly and calmly, to adapt to every situation.” PeopleThinkingGamesAbilitySituationSuccessfulFootballSpeedBeing SuccessfulCerebralVersatility Author:Ray Rice
“Building discipline, earning respect and overcoming adversity are all parts of a winning game plan. If you don't have a game plan, where are you going? When I'm talking about a game plan, I'm talking about how you go about being the best player you can be and how you go about being successful in life.” IfsGamesWinningTalkingSuccessfulPlayerPlansBuildingDisciplineOvercomingAdversityBeing The BestBeing SuccessfulEarningOvercoming AdversityBest PlayersGame PlanWinning GamesEarn Respect Author:Walt Frazier
“No matter where you are in the game, no matter how successful you might be, there will always be others out there who are more talented or more beautiful or more connected than you. Get used to it! If you start dwelling on everybody else's genius, it'll become a huge wave of doubt.” IfsMatterMightBeautifulUsedGamesSuccessfulDoubtHugeGeniusWaveConnectedWhere You AreDwelling Author:Kimora Lee Simmons
“One of the reasons why Resident Evil is a very successful video game franchise, much more so than a lot of others that have fallen by the wayside, is that they have constantly evolved.” ReasonEvilGamesSuccessfulVideoReason WhyFallenResidentsResident Evil Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“When a sculptor creates a sculpture, a writer writes a novel, or a painter paints a motif on a canvas, he needs talent and expertise. But to be successful in his endeavor, he also needs to have the passionate feeling that he wants, at all costs, to create a work of art which, in his head, constantly demands to be accomplished. The same also applies to developing board games or card games.” WantNeedsWritingArtFeelingsGamesNovelSuccessfulTalentCostDemandPaintPassionatePainterCardsDevelopingBoardsAccomplishedBeing SuccessfulWorks Of ArtEndeavorCanvasSculptureExpertiseSculptorsMotifsBoard Games Author:Klaus Teuber