Sam Darnold Quotes

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

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

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

To be the best you have to win trophies.

Everybody wants to be a first round pick.

It would be a huge honor, knowing that a team would take me No. 1. You can't dream this any better than that. Every kid dreams about being the No. 1 pick. If I have the honor, it would be a huge honor, something I can't even put into words.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

I thought maybe I would become a god, or a goddess, or a president or a Nobel Prize winner.

Everybody wants to be great at something.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

I hope I can make Pakistan proud by bringing home an Oscar.

I want to make a name for myself.

We were the finest. We were the best in the world. We were a department that people came from all over the world to study, to look at, to see how we accomplished so much with so little; and we did.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Don't confuse honours with achievement.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

Being an All-Star is everything.

It's always fun to think about winning an award. I thought about winning awards when I was a little girl. Everybody wants to win an award for something.

I never went out looking for glory.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

I did not know that I can win the Nobel Prize.