Bradley Wiggins Quotes

I used to feel famous, but now I feel successful.

Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.

And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it'd be great.

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.

What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

It's probably healthier to find fame later in life.

Applause waits on success.

I don't want to be a reality retro star.

It is through accomplishment that man makes his contribution and contribution is life's greatest reward.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

You're only as big as your last hit.

I hate these reality TV shows where people walk off Big Brother and think they're A-list celebrities when they've done nothing in their lives, it really does my head in.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.

Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.

I certainly hope to be a great publisher, and if people want to love me, too, that's even better.

If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing.

If you want to be popular and famous, you can do it; it's dead easy if you have that ego desire. But most of my ego desires as far as being famous and successful were fulfilled a long time ago.

Self-esteem is something I still battle. People look at me and say, 'You've got fame. You've got admiration. You've done this; you've done that.' As far as I'm concerned, I haven't done anything. I've just fulfilled a dream of competing.

I've got my Peabody and my Saturn awards right next to each other on my mantle, and that is about it, and that is all that matters.

Don't feel bad if you never 'get famous.' Don't freak out if you have less than 300 Twitter followers.