Dale Earnhardt Jr. Quotes

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

I would never have dreamed of being able to lift the Premier League trophy.

I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.

To be on the winning team on your debut is amazing enough anyway but to do so alongside one of your best mates is the stuff of dreams.

No one expected me to become a champion.

I never looked at my mantel and envisioned an MVP trophy sitting there. This is pretty crazy.

I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning. Who ever thought I'd be a children's author - let alone a best-selling children's author?

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

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.

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.

I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

I am slightly shocked to have gone as far as I have.

Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.

When 'Twilight' hit the New York Times bestseller list at number 5, for me that was the pinnacle, that was the moment. I never thought I would be there. And I keep having moments like that where you just stop and say, wait a minute - how is this still going up? I'm waiting for the rug to be pulled out from under me.

Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.

I never, ever would have imagined the kind of career I've had. It just wouldn't have occurred to me that anything like this could have been possible. I didn't have any such aspirations. And I still can't believe my good fortune.

It was never an ambition to grow up and win an Academy Award, so when it happens, you go, 'Weird!'

To beat City twice is no easy feat.

My agent called me and said, 'You're going to be on the cover of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'' I was like, 'Are you serious?' It's unbelievable. Dream come true. I was yelling into the phone. I was super excited.

If you would have told me that I'd be in a European final back when I was at Maidstone then I wouldn't have believed you.

I'm just a skinny kid from Glennville, Georgia - 3,500 people, two traffic lights - going to the Hall of Fame.

The first championship in 2005 will always be the most special but winning this fifth one was by far my best performance because of the strength of the field.

I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would actually be singing on a top 10 Billboard song.

I found out I got 'The Little Drummer Girl' and my BAFTA nomination in quick succession, and I just didn't expect it to be like that. I thought there would be a lot more time in between. It's been an overwhelming experience.