Jimmy Iovine Quotes

I can only repeat, I would never compare myself to Gerd Muller.

Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.

When you stand up there on top of the world, you become so humble.

What makes the best the best is they never actually think they're the best.

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

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

There are no great people. There are only great topics.

I've never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures.

I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.

Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if you believe that you are, then you're almost as good as being that.

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.

People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

I didn't think every day, 'I'm world champion, I'm world champion,' not at all.

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

It is very nice to be compared to Steven Gerrard, but I know I am not at the same level.

Do something great that you really believe is great.

I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

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

I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.