Twyla Tharp Quotes

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

Every year I win, everything I do, it cements my legacy.

I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise.

I want to go down in history.

Eventually, I would love to be on my deathbed and looked at as an icon. Right now I'm still at the baby stages of my career. But that is the goal.

I want to make it faster than anyone has ever made it before. I'd like to be a legend by the time I'm 25.

If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.

It will be a great story when I'm an old man telling my grandkids that I was once the best player in the world.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

I want to etch my name into the history books myself, both at club and international level.

Ultimately you play the game to be the champion, to be remembered.

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

I have labored to make the record of the great men of my time.

I would prefer to be famous for something I did or built or achieved.

I hope people can remember me as the greatest. Who knows?

I want to be as big as I can be. I want to be one of the biggest artists. I want to be remembered like, 'He is crazy. He is phenomenal.' I just want to be one of the biggest.

My ultimate goal was always that I want to be known as one of the greatest of all time. The first step was obviously to be UFC champion.

I'd had my time in the charts and made loads of money. I was no longer hungry for success.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.