William Westmoreland Quotes

One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn't think I deserved it.

I didn't have any ambition to be president. It was fate. The people found me.

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.

I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

When I was in high school, I was voted most likely to succeed.

Somehow I wasn't completely crucified by the critics. I don't know how or why, I probably should've been.

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.

I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.

All these people I interview are worth ten times what I'm worth.

I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.

I don't know if I expected to be a captain of an All-Star team. It's pretty cool.

People will become your enemies if you become eminent too quickly in life, and you will be ineffectual. Rising slowly in the world, people will be your supporters and your happiness will be assured.

I am just a regular dude who happened to make it. That's all I am, man. Maybe I was preparing myself in some lifetime to become this person, but I never thought I'd have every rocket shooting off at one time.

Do not blow your own trumpets nor, which is the same thing, ask other people to blow them. No trumpeter ever rose to be a general.

I'm not really a popular fan of the whole Hall of Fame thing. I've had a lot of ups and downs, and I don't feel deserving a lot of times.

I was surprised to make it even to the finals of the Olympics, and to get first is above me. I don't even know what's going on, to be honest.

When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

I never imagined that I would earn my way into anyone's rafters.

I was born with this talent, so I've just worked hard, and now it's gone well for me. But I'm not going to lie - I didn't expect to be top of the Premier League.

I still can't believe I'm even in the NBA. Me? Hah.

I didn't expect all of this success to come so quickly.

I never really thought I'd be successful. I never though I'd get books published, but this was something completely beyond me. The fact that it happened is wonderful, but it is not something that I was aiming for.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would accomplish what I have in the sport

In Russia, we have proverb: Only bad soldiers don't want to be general.