Barry Barish Quotes

I think the biggest thing is that success is not measured by whether or not you're on 'CBS This Morning' or whether or not you make the local news station.

Criticism of me has been unfair. Only goals count - and I have plenty of those.

I say to a lot of people you have to measure success in terms of progress, not in terms of end state.

Either well succeed, or we wont succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence.

Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.

Success should not necessarily be gauged by always reaching the goal set, but by progress and attainment.

I've got a lot to do, and I hope that by the end of it all, people will say that Dee Snider was an entertainer, and he did his job well.

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.

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

I think the main thing you measure your success by is what you do in comparison to your opposition. If you're in an industry where you're the leader, then you're performing very well.

'What is success?' It isn't only about winning, but playing in a certain way.

I think the most important thing we as writers can do is figure out how we define what success will mean to us and focus on that.

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

Do you think that we are so talented that we can achieve in 200 days what you have achieved in 200 years.

Sometimes you can be one of the best, but you don't accept that if you don't get the ring or win the Super Bowl. There's a lot of good teams between the Super Bowl winner and other teams. Once the Super Bowl is over, we lump everyone into the other 31, and that's not fair.

Most people view success by the results, and I don't.

My measure of success is whether I'm fulfilling my mission.

I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There's a tangible score.

You define the success of a player by his loyalty or his titles. Or both.

I think success is a relative term. If you're a caveman, success is capturing an elephant. Success is achieving better than the norm. Success is being exceptional. It's exceptional reputation, exceptional income, and exceptional respect.

Everyone wants to be successful. What I've learned is how do you determine what that is?

Unfortunately, results are the only thing that some people look at, but there is more to defining success than just stats.

Success is very enjoyable in any field. But for me, success is not in terms of financial gains.

Your success can't be determined by your surname but only by your work.

My goal has never been to see how many stats I can rack up.