John David Washington Quotes

Had I not made it big, my family would have told me to recheck my decision. Now that I am successful, there is no way. They have to accept it gracefully.

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

I can't go to sleep at night if I didn't accomplish at least something. That's the one thing that keeps me up.

I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself.

Success can create more madness than happiness.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

I think I'm probably a little too desperate to be successful.

Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property.

In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

I was always groomed by my dad to win the U.S. Open.

Of course, it is my goal to win the Ballon d'Or, but I am not going to kill myself for it.

I think the stress of being No. 1 in the world is more of a motivating factor for me just because I don't want to lose it.

Lucas is living the life that I wanted, but I want to be clear, I don't feel there's been any pressure for him to live it.

Every player wants to win the World Cup - every country wants to win the World Cup - so anything less than that is not really a bonus. Of course you can take positives out of everything, but you won't be entirely happy if you don't win it.

I love watching England and what they are doing. But I can promise you I've not thought about anything that high.

The pressure of 'what are you going to do?' makes everyone feel like they haven't done anything yet.

There are very few people on top of life, and the rest of us don't like them very much.

It's important not to make the gold medal bigger than it is.

I think Americans love success - but hate the people who have it.

I want to win and I feel that pressure, but my career will not be a disaster if I do not win there. It is a dream to fulfill.

Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

Success has a lot of things that go along with it and I haven't experienced any personal resentment. I can't control any of that and I try not to worry about it. I hope that's not the case, you know. Most of the writers that I know and artists that I know understand what was going on. I think there's just as many things going on in the awards process that have to do with the show having won a few times.

I want to be known as a good major-leaguer, and good major-leaguers work to become good.

I hope to continue my work, winning championships with my club. The acknowledgement comes naturally for those who deserve it.

Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too... So I think you need a little bit of both.