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I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night.

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point.

I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business, is really more accurate.

It's not always about huge giant commercial success. It's about art.

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.

It's difficult to get success in football - you have to be in the right team at the right moment.

A successful team, at the very least they do the basics well, and then they add their own quality on top of that.

As a Liverpool supporter, all you want is for them to be successful.

It's about creating an environment where they give their all and do their best. If you have 11 players doing that at one time then a good percentage of the time you're going to be successful.

'Gangs Of Wasseypur' had two parts and 200 actors. I didn't think it would be that successful and go to international festivals. These things just happen. You should just do films that you like doing.

Not all are starting from the same line; however, the finishing line is certainly the same. We all have to show how much money our films make or how many awards we win or what critical acclaim and commercial success our films have.

Whether my film becomes commercially successful or not, only God can tell, or the box-office numbers. So why worry about it and get distracted?

If you're making enemies along the way, you're going to limit the ability for yourself to be successful in advancing your causes.

I don't like watching others batting and scoring runs I could be scoring. It is nice to see guys being successful but at the same time I want to be the one out there doing it.

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

It did help having a lot of exposure to international cricket at such a young age. That showed me what I need to do to be successful at that level.

The on-field stuff, setting fields, changing bowlers, that's the easy part. It's making sure all your players are on the same page with what your plans are and what you want from your players and the team. That's the biggest challenge and what you really need to get right if you want your team to be successful.

I really believe everything is here for us to be very successful.

What's successful is when you are good at what you aim to do. And I don't think that Nas has aimed to do anything that he hasn't done. So he is a good businessman.

If I remain true to what's in my heart, that's all the success I need.

I didn't have any aspirations of becoming famous or successful; in fact I was scared to death of all that. I remember somebody once said that if a rock musician goes on tour, he goes insane. I was very impressionable and I carried this useless weight of fear around with me about going on tour, all because of this thing somebody said.

I've learned over the years that you're going to be most successful at the things you're most excited to do. Every artist has a special set of tools. When you really use those tools, and you make yourself feel really good about the product you create, I think you'll find an audience for it. I've been very fortunate in that respect.

I guess that's one of the things about growing up in the fifties - it never occurred to me that you wouldn't be at least as successful as your parents.

There are companies with management and companies with money. You can always find money. Management is the key to success in any business.