Chris Rock Quotes

I have accomplished everything I set out to accomplish when I started playing the sport at 7. And probably even more.

Hopefully I'll continue to have the success I've had.

I always just wanted to be successful. I didn't know what it was, what I was going to do.

It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.

What is the thing that matters most to making progress right now?

If you hesitate to map out your future, to make a big plan or to set a goal, you've just gone ahead and mapped your future anyway.

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat, but not too much, above his last achievement.

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.

I don't think I'm successful.

I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.

If you'd have told me five years ago that I'd have done all this - two books, some television and everything - I'd panic, I'd be scared.

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Competition helps people figure it out.

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.

I have a whole, you know, pocket full of dreams I want to achieve. I don't know in which order they're going to fall.

I go to bed every night thinking about all the possible ways that I can succeed.

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

In working with top leaders and thought philosophers of our time, I will tell you that among their secrets of success is a regular practice of acknowledging and appreciating what they have. It can offer an oracle into the future because it not only tells you where you are, but it also helps clarify where you want to go in life.

If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

You can't predict it all. People will tell you to plan things out as best you can. They will tell you to focus. They will tell you to follow your dreams. They will all be right.

The future is not a gift; it’s an achievement.

I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do.