Mark Spitz Quotes

I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for is that I continue to do great work that will be remembered, and I leave my imprint so that my son can say proudly, 'That's my dad!'

There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.

I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.

I'm better than Olivier.

I'm a prideful person when it comes to competition.

If you gonna challenge my ways, know my history. Don't put nobody in my face that don't know about me, or they here to write an article on someone they thought was hot when they was hot. Come on, man. I been hot.

Great people have great egos; maybe that's what makes them great.

The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.

When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.

I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success.

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.

I still think I am the greatest.

We've always been proud of what we've done.

You know you've reached true success the day you become truly humble. That's the day you stop needing to prove to the world - and yourself - that you've accomplished something meaningful.

What I want most is for my son to be proud of me.

When I retire, everyone is going to respect me for fighting the big names.

I want to show to everyone that I am simply the best.

Confidence is one of those things that no one ever wants to talk about in this industry because confidence and ego run neck and neck. But you have to understand, those are things that you have to have in order to make it to where Edge has made it. You've got to have a certain amount of ego and confidence in yourself to get there.

I've got talent from my gut and I did my job to show to everyone that I'm simply the best.

I don't think it's wrong to have a big ego. Sometimes a big ego can help you also.

No matter what, people have to respect my accomplishments.

I just want to keep making my family proud.

I don't like to celebrate my own achievements.

My plan is to show everyone that Tony Harrison is not on my level.