Quotes About Ambition

At the end of the day, I want to have an opportunity to play quarterback in the NFL.

I thought at first I was going to be an NFL quarterback. I played until I was a freshman in high school.

I think I always wanted to be quarterback so I could call the play.

I'm pretty much a .500 quarterback in my career so far and I don't think that's where you want to be, and that's not why you are brought in or people or excited about you.

I remember asking my mom, 'Can you be the quarterback and the drum major at halftime?' I mean it's like, what in the world? I wanted to go play quarterback, and I wanted to lead the band. I don't know how old I was but I vaguely remember asking them that.

Always having that chip on your shoulder is an important thing for a quarterback.

I definitely wanted to be playing the quarterback position.

I'm going to be a good quarterback, a great quarterback.

I've been playing this position since I was about 9 years old. For me, it's just, 'Come out here and be the best quarterback I can be.'

I mean, if you told me I would be one of the quarterbacks of the New York Giants when I was 6 years old in kindergarten, I think I'd take that.

I loved the idea of playing quarterback on Friday Night Lights in high school, that whole experience. I wanted to be a Division I quarterback, that became my goal growing up, other than being a professional hockey player.

Listen, I don't think there are any backups in this league that don't have aspirations to be a starting quarterback. It's just part of the business. It's part of being on a team and knowing your role.

I never had a job. My first job was quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens.

What motivates me is being the best quarterback in the world.

Since I was a D-team backup quarterback in seventh grade, I've loved the game.

The only thing I wanted to do since I was seven was play quarterback in the NFL, but as I grew older, I started to discover other interests.

I obviously would love to play with a great, great, great quarterback.

Being a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers would be a dream. I have a lot of respect for the black and gold.

I know I'm a franchise quarterback.

When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.

It took me a while to get back to 'The Queen of the Night.' I was angry with it as an idea because I felt like it had sort of ruined my life by taking so much attention away from 'Edinburgh.' So it essentially languished in a drawer until 2004, when I pulled it out, dusted it off, and thought, 'Oh, I actually really like this idea.'

Ever since Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai made headlines, every other girl in India wants to be a beauty queen. I was no exception.

I thought, 'If I can't be prom queen, I can dance 'Les Sylphide.'

When I was growing up in Ossining, N.Y., playing pool with the guys, the thought that any one of us might become an actor was as far-fetched as being knighted by the queen of England.