Top 75 Greats Quotes

I would love to share the screen with Meryl Streep, wouldn’t we all? I would love to work with Spielberg and Scorsese; that would be lovely. I’m also a huge fan of Johnny Depp and the way he creates his characters, so that would be fun. I mean, any of the greats, really.

Meryl Streep belongs on anybody’s list of greats.

Some of our best fighters are not only Puerto Rican greats but all-time greats of the sport. Carlos Ortiz, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfredo Benitez and Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad and many others have made Puerto Rican boxing what it is today, and I am only an extension of their greatness.

What separates the good players from the greats people remember is consistency.

I don’t really care about belts. Look at all the greats, they fight for the right to be called the best and the crowd.

Ever since Pele’s extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But to achieve commercial recognition is somewhat different: it requires a form of adulation that also spells identification and role model.

After following the footsteps of the greats, each singer must carve out his own identity, else he will perish.

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.

I beat Randy Orton, one of the all-time greats, you know. Why can’t I beat a Brock Lesnar?

I’ve said it once: I would love to someday play in La Liga at one of the greats. I see their league each week. It suits my style.

I’m a young lion and I believe I can be one of the greats.

TeeFlii brought an edge to our camp. He’s definitely going to be one of the greats.

I can’t think of anybody among the greats who isn’t constantly looking at themselves and feeling dissatisfied. You’re greedy in this business: always wanting to prove you can do more. I don’t ever remember a time when I’ve said, My God, I’ve cracked it – this is lovely.

I want to become one of the songwriting greats. That’s my number one goal.

It was a free-for-all; the BBC wouldn’t play anything so we had pirate radio playing the African-American music and the Beatles and greats like Howlin’ Wolf and Robert Johnson and Motown’s Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and Otis Redding.

Salman bhai is amazing, and he is one of the greats of our cinema, and I don’t think I should be compared to Salman Khan.

The difference between the greats and the legends is their ability to focus for longer periods of time.

With back-to-backs, a lot of games, sometimes you think, ‘I’ve got to take a day off today.’ But you have to push through it. The greats did.

I’m in no rush to be the one of the greats. I am one of the greats. I consider myself to be one of the greats of my division.

I spent half my life in a boarding school where we were shown only the sporadic wholesome classic like ‘The Sound Of Music.’ So, I am not familiar with most of the works of the acting greats in Bollywood, Hollywood, or Tamil-Telugu cinema.

I just have a lot of respect for Terry and his family. He played without a mask, and his life was tragically ended. And it just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long.

For me, the Mount Rushmore of greats would be Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino or Lou Thesz. You can do either one of them in that fourth spot. But I think Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. He’s the greatest I’ve ever seen… on the mic and in the ring.

I loved working with Peter Weir. I think he’s one of the greats and will be remembered as one of the greats.

You always have to try new things, and that’s the one thing that we’ve learned from all the greats – every album isn’t gonna be every fan’s favorite, but as long as you keep switching it up and making new fans, it’s really about being persistent.

I’m somebody from a little tiny town, who had boxed in leisure centres, and my last fight was in Madison Square Garden against one of the greats. What a great way to finish off.

You see all the greats, people who were idols of mine growing up. You see those guys on the cover of video games.

‘Ray Donovan’ was all fiction and pure fun, to be working with such greats as Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. My character was recurring, but my storyline was intricate to the whole thing. With the character that I played, I got to go through all aspects of my instrument. I got to bring it to tears and to laughter.

I’m continuing to learn more about music – it’s an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I’m grateful that I’m still living and making music among the greats.

I’ve driven for A. J. Foyt, now the Andrettis, and my NASCAR team is Richard Childress Racing, which is one of the greats in that sport.

You borrow from the greats, and you make your own path without losing the core of who you are.

My great-great-great uncle – or maybe it’s only two ‘greats’ – crossbred the first Aberdeen Angus.

All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn’t copy.

Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.

Michael Jordan was criticized. Barry Bonds was criticized. Some of the greats in every profession have been criticized. Not everything is peaches and cream.

I don’t care about no boxing legacy. I don’t care where they put me on the list of all-time greats – let them put me at the bottom.

When I started in the comic book business, ‘Art Of’ books were strictly the provenance of the greats, like Rembrandt and Da Vinci. But times change, and so do attitudes. Now the comic is considered an art form, and I hope ‘A Life in Words and Pictures’ contributes a little to that art form’s history.

The Apollo is where all the greats performed.

I really want to be one of the greats. I want to be able to walk somewhere and have people say, ‘Oh, that’s Travis.’

A lot of greats from England have fought in New York. I remember when Naseem Hamed fought at Madison Square Garden against Kevin Kelley and knocked him out.

When you say ‘Hello Wembley!’ you’re not just saying hello to a large shed. You’re saying, ‘Hello, I’m following all the greats that have played here before.’

The only reason baseball’s numerical touchstones have any significance is that most players – even the game’s greats – peter out just barely before they reach them.

The sporting fields where Australia’s greats began their careers are built and rebuilt with Commonwealth help, as are the halls and community centres where our most of our well-known stars first felt the magic of the stage.

I’m disappointed people don’t recognise what I did in Test cricket. For an opening batsman to get two triple centuries? A lot of greats haven’t got one.

During my time on ‘Question of Sport’, we had a lot of boxing greats – such as George Foreman, Marvin Hagler and Joe Calzaghe.

Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate – my ultimate goal is winning championships and – and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

I think whatever art form you’re in, whether TV, film or theater, you should know the history of who came before you and how the art form has changed or not changed and to learn from the greats.

I love nineties stuff like Alice in Chains and Nine Inch Nails. It’d be my dream to have a Radiohead-themed episode of ‘Glee.’ I also love jazz greats like Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock.

She’s a total professional, a diva, a mega-star, not just in music but in the entertainment industry. You always learn from the greats, and J.Lo is one.

It means a lot to notch my name in the sport and have my name among some of the greats.

If you want to be like the greats, you learn from the greats.

Brando’s one of the greats; what can you say?

Billie Jean King is one of the all-time tennis greats; she’s one of the superstars. She’s ready for the big one, but she doesn’t stand a chance against me. Women’s tennis is so far beneath men’s tennis; that’s what makes the contest with a 55-year-old man the greatest contest of all time.

I can’t speak of anything but greatness for Roman Reigns. He’s one of the all-time greats.

Hockey has changed drastically over the years. Indian greats then played on grass. Now we play on astro-turf.

My dad always said, ‘There’s only a few great ones,’ and Prince was definitely one of the greats. Then ‘Purple Rain’ took on new meaning when I had broken up with my ex and I did a show in his hometown and sang it. It was just a really crazy moment, and that’s always a memory when I’m singing it as well.

When the list is made of the all-time best players, Totti will certainly be in there. I really believe he will be remembered as one of the greats.

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