Samuel Eto'o Quotes

What is important is to win.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

I was born in a tiny place in Ivory Coast, so being a protagonist in this life is a dream.

A good education gives you confidence to stick up your hand for anything - whether it is the job you want, or the bloke. And the more you stick up your hand, the better your chances are that you will get what you want.

With five chances on each hand and one unwavering aim, no boy, however poor, need despair. There is bread and success for every youth under the American flag who has energy and ability to seize his opportunity.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.

The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.

But this was my chance to go to the Super Bowl. Nothing was going to stop me.

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused.

I certainly feel I'm carrying the flag for Britain. I feel an honour in that but, at the same time, knowing my roots are in Africa, I'd like that to help motivate people from there. Even coming from a third world country, it is possible to get to the top of wherever they want to be.

That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

Encouragement from my high school teacher Patty Hart said 'you need to focus and theater might be your route out of here.' I created the program, went to college and graduate school and now here I am.

I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.

It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.

I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

If a small-town boy like me who bagged groceries was able to make his dreams come true, you can too.

Every opportunity that presents itself, my main objective is to conquer and be victorious.