Eugene Delacroix Quotes

My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.

It may be my rather puritanical upbringing at odds with my inborn laziness that makes me feel guilty at the end of the day, unless I am able to point at some achievement. But this need be no more impressive than cooking a meal or going for a long walk.

I do this for the sake of myself. It's a selfish process. I don't really have any expectations from anyone for your comments or your reviews or your previews.

I'm not really into all this trying to be No. 1, trying to be King of New York. I'm not with that, I'm just trying to do the best I can and know at the end of the day I gave it my best.

I really play tennis for me, enjoy it for me.

Doing something purely for one's own enjoyment is fine, but, I must admit, finding that others enjoy it as well has a certain power over the corners of my mouth.

Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.

I'm not a masochist. I'm simply into trying to enjoy what I do, because otherwise there's no point.

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

It's time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will be happy. I just want to do something I'm proud of. It's time for me to change. I could sign with a company for 10 movies and I'm the king of video and so what?

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was.

I think you're put here on earth to enjoy yourself. And I'm doing that.

All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.

The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.

My philosophy is to enjoy yourself. Do the things you want to do, like play golf!

I believe that we have been doing this not primarily to achieve riches or even honour, but rather because we were interested in the work, enjoyed doing it and felt very strongly that it was worthwhile.

With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first.

If you do things you like to do, then your life will be easy.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

You can't please everybody. All you can do is please yourself.

What I try to do is live with myself and please me. If I can't do that, I can't please anybody else or live with anybody else.