Quotes About Ambition

I ran a hot-dog-and-soda stand at Little League, and I started a business planning parties in high school.

I thought I was going to be a professor; then I ran screaming from there into magazine journalism.

One guy came to a show and was like, 'You're going to be huge. I can see it in my mind's eye. We could make you the next Pixie Lott.' I did an internal scream and ran away.

I think I was given an opportunity, and I ran with it. I think I've made a lot more of it than anybody thought I was going to, and that's why it's gone so well, but it's opened a lot of doors and a lot of eyes to what I can do.

I never needed anyone when I became an actress. I ran off to England on my own.

Before I ran for office, I ran a game studio.

When I was in the military, my dad ran in the Mike Harris 1995 Common Sense Revolution election, and that's where I really made the decision that one day I would love to run for office.

Seeing friends become successful, you go, 'I can do that, too.' I ran with it fresh out of college. MMA was the next step.

I always wanted to be an army personal. My dad wanted me to pursue that dream but I ran to become an actor instead.

I ran track, and my pet event was the 400 meters, and I wanted to be like Cathy Freeman.

I remember being a kid and saying, 'One day, I'm going to have a ranch. One day, one day, one day.' And now, I'm fighting in the UFC. I'm here making the money, and that one day is here. I can finally go get those things that I want.

I started to sing after high school, and I may have dreamed about being Randy Travis a time or two.

Growing up, as a kid, I loved to read. I liked to read books that were above my range. I always tried to aim higher and read difficult books.

You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.

I would like to get jobs doing other things that aren't necessarily always with my husband. I'd like to show range - and kiss another guy.

You gotta want to get better. You gotta want to take the next step. And I always want to get better, I always want to expand my game, expand my range.

When a team like Rangers is interested in you, it's something you have to look at and you know you're doing something right.

I was always a funny guy. I don't think anybody that makes it to this level of stand-up wasn't a funny guy when they were young.

I'm JaVale McGee, the basketball player, funny guy, whatever, whatever. But I'm just really passionate about music and I don't want people to look at it like 'Oh he's just doing it to get famous.' I'm already pretty famous as is, so I'm not really trying to do it for the money.

'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.

If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.

A bit of me would like to be a furniture designer or a criminal profiler.

I used to draw and design my own furniture in college but never had the means to build them.

Everything in life is about confidence. The more you have, the further you'll go usually.