Diane von Furstenberg Quotes

My mom never had nothing that she could call her own. So growing up and being able to do something different with basketball and be a special player, that was something that I've always had in my mind, I've always wanted to do. And just having the opportunity to do it for my mom is an incredible experience.

My brother told me he was very proud of me, of the business I have built, and that gives me joy.

I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!

Hey, it's been a great ride for me, a great life. Everything I have I owe to baseball. Baseball owes me nothin'. Ain't nobody has to give me nothin'. I would be embarrassed if I had a day somewhere. I don't want no day. I want friends, to live my life the way I wanna live it.

I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable.

I've been working so hard for the past eight years and I'm tired - but I'm also deliciously tired because what a wonderful life I've lived.

I've worked so hard for years, and it's just incredible to see my clothes in Dorothy Perkins. I got quite emotional at the launch.

Now I have a very good life and I am very proud of my work.

I'm happy for the success that I've had, but I've worked so hard at it.

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.

I have been incredibly lucky all my life. I've had a family that has loved me and given me incredible opportunities. I've gone to great schools. I've travelled across the country.

All I ever wanted out of my life was to buy my mother a house. By 1995, I have achieved all I wanted materially in life.

I want my children to see what all my work leads to.

I'm proud - or really more thankful than anything - for all the work that I've gotten.

My kids are my greatest achievement.

I am very happy for the kind of response I am getting for my work, but there was a lot of hard work that has gone into it.

Rio has been absolutely epic. I did leave my heart out there, and I wanted to do everybody proud.

I still pinch myself when I see myself on 'Match of the Day' - it's at times like that you realise how far you've come.

I have no regrets about doing 'Strictly.' This is the biggest achievement of my life.

I celebrate my life, whether it's being a single mother, wearing diamonds, or holidaying in exotic places.

I cherish everything I have because I worked hard for each one.

I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know.

For the first time in my life I feel important. I'd like to have five babies.

That I am today the face of Louis Vuitton almost seems like a twist of fate. You dream back to front, wanting the rewards before putting the work in. And then you work, get on with life, and just sometimes these childhood dreams have a way of catching up with you. This is a true privilege for which I am eternally grateful.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.