Evan Esar Quotes

I worked very hard and I earned all the attention I'm getting.

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.

We want everybody to succeed. You know why? We want the country to succeed, and for the country to succeed, its people - its individuals - must succeed.

I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.

There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.

To be the best in a tournament like the World Cup is a success for me personally.

I try to focus on myself and focus on my team, and the individual accolades will come.

I'm too competitive to try and ride on somebody's coattails to get a W.

I just don't like to talk about my personal success against somebody.

You've got to do what's best for you and what you want to accomplish in your career.

The guys who beat me didn't get 1,000 rebounds. I did. It's not my fault the other guys didn't play as many games.

I'm not bothered about what others are doing. All I want to do is excel in whatever it is that I do.

Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself.

Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.

For, when all is said, as my friend George Rublee likes to put it, the only success is to be a success as a person; and it is still not too late for that.

Being black or white isn't an accomplishment. What you do with your life - or what you accomplish with your life - dictates what you should be proud of.

You cannot achieve someone else's goals.

I remember when I first got into the league, I thought how it would be nice to have a year when you were the best. That means your team is probably winning.

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

Gaining control over your health and well-being is one of those times in your life that you get to be completely selfish and not feel bad about it. If you want to meet your goals, you have to make it about you. You have to make it work for you and you alone. Anything less is a setup for failure.

The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing.

Do something for yourself, and then you will be recognized by the entire world as a man who has done for himself what others have done for themselves.

What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved

Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.

I was afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself.