Anne M. Mulcahy Quotes

What you want is the opportunity to work and an audience. Prizes after that are just a great big bonus.

Performance is always something that will be a part of my career.

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

I want to have my career, not sit on the bench. I want to work hard, to push myself. I want to play.

I always want to do things in my career that would make people proud.

As far as I'm concerned, I enjoy what I do, I enjoy the competition, working with a group of people to get the best out of them.

Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything.

Business gives you a massive high. Doing a great deal, coming up with an inspirational solution... It's very addictive. But it doesn't last long. In isolation, it's a bit sterile. It doesn't reward the soul.

All I want to do is work.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

I believe that everything you work at and want in life is a great challenge.

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

It's always good to be working.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

If you've got aspirations to be a manager or coach, obviously coaching your country would be a great honour.

I've always said that if you can get the best people who are good at what they do, but more importantly are passionate about what they do, you'll succeed.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

When you start a new job or a particular journey, you really don't know what to expect. I mean, you hear about your name being on the bestsellers list, but it doesn't really mean anything. Like, really, what does that translate to?

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.

Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.

Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.