Naveen Jain Quotes

Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.

When you become successful, it is not just money that makes you happy.

My wife says to me, 'You have achieved a lot'... yeah, I do know. But... there are a couple of things I haven't.

I don't associate success with happiness, and I don't take it to heart, like, 'Oh, I'm so special.'

I was never carried away by success and have learnt from the failures. Satisfaction is what I crave for; fame and wealth are just by-products.

Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.

I realize I'm very fortunate to hopefully make a lot of money playing football. I don't know if I want to abuse that privilege and make myself a larger figure than I am.

You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.

Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

I don't want people to think I'm not happy when we win - I am. But there's a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, 'This is it - we conquered the world.' We didn't. We just won a game.

You know you've reached true success the day you become truly humble. That's the day you stop needing to prove to the world - and yourself - that you've accomplished something meaningful.

I think you should never really feel like you've 'made it.'

I've had a lot of accolades throughout my career, but that hasn't really changed me. I know that comes with the winning.

I have a clear conscience and never let success get to my head. You know that when you achieve something, you can change the way you are very easily.

I always want to just stay humble, and I always want to keep climbing.

Life will go on. I suppose the aura of the Nobel is such that my life will change, but I don't think I'm going to let it change much. You understand, I'm used to a quiet life.

I'm not greedy at all. Sometimes I pinch myself because of what I've got.

After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more.

I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.

People always say, 'How is it to be so successful?' I'm not successful yet. Richard Branson is successful. That's successful. Michael Jackson was successful. U2 was successful. I'm just a guy, doing okay. But I'm a happy guy doing okay.