Al Jarreau Quotes

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

I want to be great, and that's holding myself to my standards, not anybody else's.

I think pride is more important sometimes than making money.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.

Work alone is noble.

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

I earn everything that I get.

I've always pushed myself and taken great pride in what I do.

I don't know how I have got this habit, but I try to play one match and give it my best - it doesn't matter which level of cricket I am playing in. It gives me satisfaction that I am not thinking about others, not competing with others.

Of course it's nice to get recognition, but I'm not looking for it. I just do my thing. If it comes, it comes. But it's not what you play for.

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

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.

It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.

I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.

I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

You have to have a strong sense of self in this business - otherwise they're going to spit you out.

According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value.

My father always told me, you can only be your own best. In other words, if you feel you've done your best, you've done well enough.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

Who cares if somebody dances better? Doing my very best is rewarding internally.

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.

If I believe that I became the best quarterback that I could possibly be, the best football player that I could possibly be... That's how I'm going to measure my career as a success or not.