James Salter Quotes

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

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.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

I always wanted to play against the best.

I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.

There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.

For me, it's about the tennis and the trophies. I'm not motivated by money.

You want to win trophies.

I can honestly say I want to be one of the best to ever play the game.

I wanted to be that guy they talk about. I want to be the guy that shine. I want to be that No. 1 guy.

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

As a player you want to be on the big stage.

I have a clear goal: the greatest possible success, the World Cup trophy.

Going to the Olympics would have been great.

My whole life, I've always tried to be a star.

I want to win titles, titles, titles.

Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.

I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.

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

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats. Go back, discover the greats, and take it from there.