Dana Fox Quotes

Success comes to you with luck and a lot of hard work, but it doesn't give you the right to be any better than anybody else.

I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.

I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.

Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way.

I don't see why I should be a dame for just doing what I always wanted to do.

A big part of who I am is just the way I was raised. Nobody is better than anyone else, and if you really work hard, you might get lucky and get what you want.

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

I try to be professional; I try to be on time. I don't take anything I have for granted. That's my definition of success.

If you're confident, then it helps you live up to your potential, but if you believe because you went to a certain school it means you're entitled to have a particular career, you'll fall flat on your face eventually.

I won't tell you that I'm lucky to be here because I know I'm skilled, and I know I'm talented in the ring. That doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the opportunity.

I believe I deserve everything that could maybe happen. And I don't think that's a cocky thing to say because I've worked really hard, and I've never bitten the hand that fed me, and I've always been really respectful.

Nothing has ever been given to me.

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get. As much as I was disappointed and frustrated at times, I'm not sure that I ever felt sorry for myself or begrudged anybody any of their success.

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

I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very lucky and it happened quickly for me. I don't feel like I'm a prodigy or something.

We weren't treated as prima-donnas. We had to roll up our sleeves and graft with the groundsman. Kids don't have to do anymore. That makes you appreciate things when it turns in your favour and you become a successful professional.

I just feel like if I do good work, then people should respect me for the work I do.

It is impossible to count the blessings I have received over my years at Microsoft. I am humbled by the professionalism and generosity of everyone I have had the good fortune to work with at this awesome company.

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.

I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything.

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.