Quotes About Determination

I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring.

I chose Stanford for Stanford and not for the coach. I was going to Stanford regardless.

Hoover himself had risen from the most modest means of any president since Abraham Lincoln. Orphaned as a small boy, he worked his way through Stanford's 'pioneer' class - the first freshmen at Stanford. He started his mining career in hard labor.

I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince.

You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.

The most important thing for us is winning the Stanley Cup and I want to win.

I've never been short of putting high expectations on myself; I've never been short of saying I want to win a Stanley Cup.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

You can't keep a star from shining and my star's going to shine bright.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be the girl next door. I came to be a movie star.

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.

I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.

I've always thought about it. I've considered it when I was young. I was like, 'Listen, I'm going to fight. I want to be a star. I'm going to fight.'

I don't want to say, 'This is where Im going to be in five years and Im going to get there no matter what.' I want to leave it open. I'm not a desperate actress dying to star in a B movie in a bikini.

I want to become a star. Failure is not an option.

You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.

I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top - and never fell off.

To become a big movie star like Joan Crawford, you need to wear blinders and pay single-minded attention to your career. Nobody paid attention to me, including me.

I liked how 'Star Wars' felt both old and new. I even built a model of R2-D2, taking about two months mixing two kits to make one that looked just like the real thing. I'm the kind of person who gets really into it when I do something like that.

Winning takes precedence over all of it. That's the ultimate happiness. It's not location. It's not stardom. It's not 'where can I make the most money.' It's winning, and winning championships.

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.

This stardust won't settle, because none of us should settle.

I'd like to to do a major pay-per-view match with Seth Rollins. I'd love do a major pay-per-view match with Stardust.