James Anderson Quotes

I've set no world record.

My team never let it go up in my head that I am a record holder.

It's a great feeling. In the future, I can tell my children that I was in the top 10.

I'm not going to talk about winning, I don't like to talk about winning.

Record-breaking is not getting boring. I am definitely happy with that.

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.

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.

I won the first contest I ever entered, when I was 6.

Getting to the top isn't bad, and it's probably best done as an afterthought.

And winning is a huge thing for me.

There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.

To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

Winning in my business is everything.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

In 2007, I hit 50 home runs. That was pretty cool. I never thought I'd be able to do that. At the time, I didn't even think it was that big of a deal for some reason. But now, looking back, I realize it was pretty cool.

When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.

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 like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexander. But I don't believe I am the reincarnation of Alexander the Great.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

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.

I couldn't ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed.

As far as I'm concerned, as soon as you reach your goal, then that's the box ticked for me. I don't feel the need to repeat titles or repeat victories; as soon as I get the one, then I'm happy.

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