Michael Caine Quotes

I have accomplished a lot, but it didn't happen overnight for me. I was 35 when I got the show, and had been working professionally for 15 years. It would be a lot weirder if I were in my early 20s and stumbled into it.

I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.

Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the 'best' in your chosen field, whatever it is.

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

How many men are there who fairly earn a million dollars?

There's nothing inherently or patently wrong with anybody who does well, works hard, earns a living, betters themselves. I'm not against any of these things. It's about how you make that money, and then what you do with it.

I was given a horn at an early age. I never really got a chance to think about doing anything else until I was about 18, when I realized I could do something else if I wanted to. In my teens, I was rolling in it.

I didn't have any success in show business until I was 30 to 31 years of age.

We crave instant success these days. If you are a really good sprinter and long jumper, you don't want to spend two or three years on a whole new set of events. You're used to doing well and it's difficult to give that up.

I thank God I didn't become successful until I was older.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

Almost nobody gets rich or erudite overnight.

I got drafted at 19. I've got millions of dollars in my pocket, I could have lost my damn mind. I don't see how you could consider me immature.

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that's the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

I didn't really get any success till I was 30 years old. I played music when I was young fella, but I didn't really get any success till I was about 30 years old.

I'll have time to mature and develop, and one day, hopefully, I can bring a ring to wherever I am. LeBron did it.

It's easy to become complacent when you are earning decent money as a young player. It's important to understand that there is a lot to achieve, and there is a long way to go before you are where you actually want to be.

I've always been playing because I knew this was eventually going to pay off in the long run for me.

I was a late bloomer on the career front.

I've been going to school, did theater for a long time, been plugging away for 10, 15 years. I was told earlier in my career, it's all laying track... one day, all that track is going to come together in some way, and it has.

To get rich is glorious.

No blessing goes uncontested. It will take a long time to get your dream.

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.