Joe Madureira Quotes

I don't think I've done any profound work yet... People ask me, 'How would you want to be remembered?' I tell them I don't want to be remembered! I'm not here to become a Madhubala or receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. I'm not that kind of a person. And I'm not brash about it; it's just the way I am.

If they're not talking about you, you're not doing something; you're not doing anything. So if they're talking about you, you may be doing something right. And when they talk bad about you, you just use it for motivation.

I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something!

I want the world to know me. I want to go down in history.

I want to make a diference. I want people to know my name. Like Ali.

I want people talking about me when I'm gone.

I'm trying to make history. I've always put history above money.

You want to be a part of the big card. You want to be part of history.

I want to go down in the history books with what I've achieved.

No matter where you play, you want to be remembered.

I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.

Of course I have the odd bad game like other players. But I can't accept that. Especially when things don't go right for United. It all means so much to me to be succesful here. It drives me crazy at times.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.

There are those who write because they believe they have something so marvelous that it will make them famous and wealthy, a lauded commodity who will be invited to a lifetime of cocktail parties.

Before 'Gremlins,' I was a normal person, then within two weeks of the movie coming out, I couldn't walk into a store without people turning around and staring. It's exciting and also scary because everyone starts telling you how amazing you are.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

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

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

I never got caught up in playing for history, seeing how many majors I could win, or rewriting the record books. Those are selfish objectives, and the guy who chokes usually does so because he dwells on what it all means to him. I was only worried about my family. And although I had my share of failures, it was never because I choked.