Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

I'd like to be remembered for the way I went about doing my job.

When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.

When I get to a ripe old age then talk of me as a great cricketer.

I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.

I don't want to be the biggest superstar. I want to be good at my job, and I want my work to go down in posterity. I am working for the longevity of my career.

As you grow older and young people come up to you with their history books, you realize that some of the things I have been able to do have been impactful. But for me, I try to keep everything in perspective and stay humble.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

I hope to be 70 and sitting at the table with journalists, talking about my films.

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

I try to be known more for my work than for anything else.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy.

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Fame is fleeting. My numbers mean more to me than my name.

If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.

I want to be able to be looked back on and know that he was one of the greats in the game.

Every fighter thinks about their legacy, and I'm not any different.

Personally, it doesn't matter to me if I had the worst career stats in N.B.A. history as long as I got my 'ships. The 'ships, it shuts everything up.

Always, if you win prizes and are successful, of course expectations are higher, at Bayern especially.

I have labored to make the record of the great men of my time.

In the end, Kane will be remembered as a character I played on TV. In that respect, I want people to remember me for more than that.