Jack London Quotes

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

Happiness doesn't come from big pieces of great success, but from small advantages hammered out day by day.

Hey, I don't have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my wife. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of success.

You know, it's just my dream came true.

People always say, 'How is it to be so successful?' I'm not successful yet. Richard Branson is successful. That's successful. Michael Jackson was successful. U2 was successful. I'm just a guy, doing okay. But I'm a happy guy doing okay.

I've been working so hard for the past eight years and I'm tired - but I'm also deliciously tired because what a wonderful life I've lived.

That's what my dad always said. 'If you're very lucky, it'll work out.' I love what it is I do, and I realize how blessed I am. So now it's just about doing the work as good as possible and enjoying the ride.

I've learned that getting what you want gives you a pretty high batting average, and leaves you plenty to struggle for.

I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.

If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.

The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.

Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.

I'm happy for the success that I've had, but I've worked so hard at it.

My grandmother had six kids - one died as an infant - and she was dirt-poor, and all her kids got an education. And my mom grew up poor. And they both worked so hard and cultivated so much of their own happiness. I wanted to have that like an amulet. Not like armor, but like a magic feather. Like Dumbo's magic feather.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

I am living my dream every day.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that's what it's all about in the end - everybody being happy and working it out.

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.

As long as I'm working, I'm happy. You see my face - great. You don't see my face - too bad, I don't care. I'll keep going.

Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.

You should never worry too much about achieving your goals, because in the long run you might not find yourself too happy when you get there.

I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams.

It's just been a lot of hard work and lot of auditions. A lot of ups and downs, but a lot of ups, and I'm really happy for my downs, too. I'm really thankful.