Cornelius Vanderbilt Quotes

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

I would rather just be successful and have money than be famous.

If I become a European champion, I don't care whether I have absolute recognition or not.

I want to win. I don't care about the money.

What is important is to win.

I'd rather win than be a showman.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

Generally, achieving goals... which in many cases means winning... is really the ultimate in this life we live in.

Winning is all that does matter.

The most imortant thing is to win.

My goal was never to be the best. I always wanted to make my money, and, of course, I always wanted to win my fight. Because if you keep winning, people got to say 'yeah, he is the best middleweight.' But to be honest I don't care.

What I care about is making money. What I care about is making waves. What I care about is going down as one of, if not, the greatest professional wrestlers to have ever lived.

I always want to win, and it was time to win some club prizes, some titles. I never would have gone for the money, but wanted the chance to get a bit further in my career. And it turned out to be the right decision.

It's important to be successful, and not just because there is competition, but also because it leads to better work for you.

I like my life. I like competing, but it's not just because of the money.

Honestly, all I care about is winning.

I used to think that success was being the number one, being everywhere, being the star, and nowadays, I think that success is to make big things happen.

And to be able to do it, to be able to accomplish the goal you've always set for yourself is always a blessing.

Being first is more important to me [than earning money]. I have so much money. Whatever money is, it's just a method of keeping score now. I mean, I certainly don't need more money.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; 'champion' was good enough for me.

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.