Peter Ackroyd Quotes

I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.

I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.

I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.

I'm a simple, simple man.

If I were to write my epitaph... Epitaph? Hey, shut-up Albert. I'd want to be remembered as someone who loved his sport and tried his best.

I won't say I have won many matches, but I used to take care to just do my role.

People say I'm deceptively unassuming, but that's the way I go through life. I'm not flash. You can make it sound calculated, but it's pretty much just me.

I don't think I'm the face of the city or the Houston Astros. I'm just another guy who is playing hard to make dreams come true.

I guess I'm just proud that I kept on working, not becoming just a viral hit.

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.

The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.

I want every young man who sees me to know that I'm not that different from them. I wasn't born into wealth. I wasn't born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes - but I kept at it.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.

I went further on less talent than anyone, but I was a damned good entertainer.

I'm not a genius; I'm a worker.

I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.

When I make mistakes, I just get on with it. I don't try to impress with that killer pass to make sure everybody notices me.

I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.