Dave Madden Quotes

We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.

What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something. If I were a better musician, I probably would've ended up as one.

I want to finish my career on a high note.

There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any sleep, but I do pay attention every year at this time.

I'm incredibly proud of 'Hannibal' and the cast - I feel like we're doing really good television.

It leaves a good legacy to have five records.

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.

After the smoke clears, I think people will say, 'You know what? That Shaun Alexander, he did all right when he was here. I think there will be more smiles when the smoke clears.

This is what I always wanted to do in my entire life, so I am not going to sit here and complain that it is so terrible to be in successful movies, because it becomes a trilogy!

I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack up with Survival, but that'll be up to the critics.

All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

It's no good singing if you just want to be a pop star; you've got to work at it and do it for the love for it, not because you think it will make you famous.

I want to be happy, to look back and feel I danced well at the end of my career and didn't dwindle off. It would be too sad.

There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.

30 years and 55 pictures - not more than five that were any good, or any good for me.

Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Everyone always asks me, 'Do you want to be famous... ' I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV.

There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.

I just felt I had done enough in the sport to put my stamp on boxing.

When I end my career, I don't need to win eight championships, I'd rather have done something special.

I will be unhappy if I know I have not accomplished something I should have done that was possible.