Michael Carter-Williams Quotes

I take pride in everything I do. I don't want to be handed anything. I want to earn it.

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.

I earn everything that I get.

I have worked for everything. I am self-made and proud of it.

The sweet feeling is knowing that nobody gave me anything for free.

I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else's push.

I want to work for what I have. If feel if you work for what you have instead of it being just given to you, people respect you a lot more because you understand what it takes, you've been there and done it. No one can just say it was easy because you took it. You didn't just get it. You took it.

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

Work alone is noble.

I have inherited nothing. Everything Ann and I have we have earned the old-fashioned way.

I've worked hard for my life. No one gave me anything.

I don't believe in handouts, I believe in working hard for what you want.

I've earned every single thing that I've got.

It's very nice to meet people who just get on, work hard, and don't have things handed to them.

I want to earn it, I don't want anything given to me.

No one has ever given me anything. No one gave me a tour card, no one gave me a US tour card, no one gave me a nice house and a Ferrari: I've had to work for every penny I have earned and I'm proud of that.

I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

I've worked since I was 18. I have no trust fund and don't expect anything.

I think people who don't work don't really have interesting and meaningful lives. More than anything, it hurts them. When you're born rich, people just associate you with what you've been given, but the truth is every individual feels better when you create something on your own. Everyone takes pride in the work they do.

I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

I would never allow anyone to give me money, no difference how badly I needed it. I wanted literally to earn my living.

Nothing in this league was ever given to me.

I ask people to not attribute what I've done - my success and how hard I've worked - to not reduce that or attribute that to someone else.