Rick Mears Quotes

This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed.

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

One of the beautiful and terrible things about America is you can go there and still be whatever you want, if you bust your ass and you have some luck.

For over two centuries, Americans have grown up in a society that rewards hard work, protects innovation, and allows its citizens to constantly break new barriers. The key element to this success rests on freedom and the ability of individuals to strive toward achieving their dreams and making their children's futures better than their own.

For me, the American Dream was to go racing; for others, it's to pursue whatever their goals may be.

I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.

Anything is possible for anyone in America.

Everybody has an opportunity in America. I don't care if guys whine and complain about this or that. You know, no country affords its inhabitants the opportunities that the U.S.A. gives to its people.

Incentives matter. Dreams matter. We cannot strip incentives away. Dreams are the foundation of the American dream, which is so intrinsic to who we are.

So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.

I believe in the American Dream because I have lived the American Dream.

'America' is synonymous with opportunity.

I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that's what this organization does.

I was leaving probably one of the greatest organizations in hte world at that time for what was probably one of the least like, and, by God, this is America.

Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.

I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.

I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.

I believe in the American Dream, because I've lived it.

There are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams.

The American Dream

America is another name for opportunity.

If Beyonce and Jay-Z had been born and raised in Cuba, they would have merely survived, with no opportunity to realize their aspirations. Only in a land that treasures liberty and the pursuit of happiness can such dreams become a reality.

That's the beauty of America - the fact that all of us can be anything we want to be if we put in the work.

I am the American Dream.

I don't want to get corny, but my career really has been the personification of the American dream.