Maria Menounos Quotes

Seven years of neurosurgery is a big deal, something I wanted for a long time, really excited about it.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

I've interviewed presidents and royalty, rock stars and movie stars, famous generals and captains of industry; I've had front row seats at Super Bowls, World Series, and Olympic Games; my books have been on best-seller lists, and my marriage is a long-running success.

I'm living what I always wanted to do.

My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that, and to go to UCLA, and to become someone great in life!

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.'

The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better.

I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant.

I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.

I grew up saying, 'I want to be famous,' but that was just the words that you used. As I got older, I understood that what I really meant was, 'I want to be successful.'

I've achieved big things that would not be possible had I not been at such a big club as Liverpool.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

I told myself I'd stay in until I reached major, and then go on and do something else.

I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

I accomplished so many things, so early in my career.

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.

All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.

One of the reasons you study at great institutions or aspire to work in great corporations is that you hope to acquire the values they stand for.

The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.

I grew up hoping that my father might win a Nobel Prize.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

I have never thought of winning an Oscar. Rather, I never thought I would get the Padma Shri. I think God has been kind to me. I think getting Oscar award is not too far away.

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.