Alex Rodriguez Quotes

I always believed I would be a star.

Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.

It's funny, as a little kid, you look up to those guys who you play as in 'Madden,' and now to see myself in the game, it's an honor.

I never forget the first time I was on 'Top of the Pops', my bass player said: 'You've made it!' I did used to think, when I was younger, that I'd be on there one day.

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

That is one of the things I dream about for myself: to receive the 'golden ball' someday.

I wanted to become a star, of course. That was very important to me. I wanted to achieve something.

My agent called me and said, 'You're going to be on the cover of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'' I was like, 'Are you serious?' It's unbelievable. Dream come true. I was yelling into the phone. I was super excited.

The first time someone asked us for an autograph was the moment we realized we were doing something that most people spend their teenage years dreaming about, for sure.

I always dream about winning the Ballon d'Or.

It's everyone's dream to be on a cover of a magazine - you know what I mean? It's like a dream come true.

I always dreamed of making it big.

It's always been my dream to be among the big names of Colombia.

I think if my eight-year-old self could see me at the Royal Albert Hall winning a prize for playing the Doctor on telly, he would need a stiff shot of Irn-Bru.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'

It's not the part of being a celebrity that's so attractive to me. It's being recognized for your accomplishments and what you've done... becoming closer to what you want to achieve in life.

When you drive by Radio City and you see your name up there and it's only 'your' name. I just went 'ooh'. I thought this is really like looking at another person.

All my life, I was even just wanted to attend the Grammys, like, just be there, so the fact that I'm nominated for Best New Artist, it feels like a dream.

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.

Entertainer of the Year, to me, there's never been any question that that's one on my bucket list that I want. I'm not going to sit here and lie to you. If there's one that I ever could get - I would trade all the rest of them in for that one.

I knew I'd made it when my face appeared on a stamp.

My drum sticks are in the 'Hall of Fame.' I know that.

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