Kirby Smart Quotes

I've never stopped working, and I still have 'pinch me' moments all the time.

I considered myself very lucky after 'Baghdad Cafe,' and I have 'The Shield.' In every genre, I've kicked butt at some point. I'm real happy.

There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling.

If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.

I still pinch myself that I had the career that I had.

Respect your success.

I don't walk around feeling like I'm successful. I feel like I did well.

Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.

I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.

People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.

I got a nomination for director, which means the world to me; it's just the most exciting thing for me and my family. You do the good hard work, and the rest of it is something you shouldn't get too caught up in, but when it happens - boy! I respect it.

Once the travel guide came out and won an award, once I got an MFA in creative writing, once I sold my next novel, I finally started telling people that I was a writer. I remember how special that year felt.

I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.

Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.'

It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.

I have got the job of my dreams.

I'd be lying if I said the success means nothing to me. It does. I enjoy it and live a pretty great life.

Maybe I'll never get the Grammy. But maybe I will get things that are worth much, much more than any Grammy which could stand on my shelf.

When I released 'Veteran' and the reception was good, it was the first time I ever worked really hard on something and had that hard work reciprocated back to me.

It's a great feeling to be recognized for all the hard work that I've put in.

I look at my trophies and can't believe they're mine.

No matter what, people have to respect my accomplishments.

I'm just achieving goals left, right and centre, and I just feel incredibly lucky because I never thought it would happen.

I just want to be proud of my work.

There is nothing to regret with a job well done.