Marcus Allen Quotes

I'd like to be remembered as the greatest ever.

I want to go down in the history books with what I've achieved.

My aim is to go down in history as one of the best.

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

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

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

I want the world to know me. I want to go down in history.

I want to be a Hall of Famer, go to Pro Bowls every year - just make sure my name is remembered after I leave.

I don't actually think about going down in history.

I'm focused on being the best, making history.

I want to retire, when it's all said and done, as one of the greats.

To be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a huge honor for any one person in this industry. It not only gives you credibility as the mark you made in the pages of history to the fans, but notoriety for the path you paved for everyone who followed in your footsteps.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

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

I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead.

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.

I don't think I've done any profound work yet... People ask me, 'How would you want to be remembered?' I tell them I don't want to be remembered! I'm not here to become a Madhubala or receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. I'm not that kind of a person. And I'm not brash about it; it's just the way I am.

You'd like more people to recognise what you do is special. But I take the attitude that the best thing I can do for my sport is to be the best at it. The best way people will come to recognise that track and field is a great sport is to see athletes excelling at it. Which is what I intend to do.

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

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

The President of today is the postage stamp of tomorrow.

The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.

Your great work in world politics this summer, will be, when the history of our time is written, one of your most, if not your most, certain titles to a really enduring fame.

Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

It's about legacy, it's about moments, it's about being an icon - I'll do what I do and the money will flow.