Quotes About Ambition

I met a lot of label people at the start of doing this music thing, and I just realised soon that it wasn't much about music but more so about their paycheck at the end of the day.

If I had my way, I want to do 15 films in a year, but I have realised I cannot physically do that.

I was probably 13 or 14 when I realised I had a chance to make it. That's when I realised that a bit of education had to be sacrificed in order to become a footballer.

At first I didn't take football too seriously and then I realised what I wanted to do. I was seeing players get moves; a good friend went from Ilkeston to Luton and that made me see what was possible.

Life being so short, and the possible books to write so many, it's good to function by night as well as by day; but would anybody become a writer if they realised at the outset what the working hours were?

By the time I finished my first three films, I realised this is something I want to do for a long time, learn, and grow in.

My dream was always to win in the Olympic Games, but I never set that next goal, and I have realised now I need to set another goal.

I was working so hard at music and trying to do this whole 'industry' thing and realised that it wasn't for me.

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.

It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me.

When I was 14, I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born.

My intent was to go to law school... And then what I realised quickly is what I wanted was to be on L.A. Law.

I started a French degree at university, but packed it in when I realised I really wanted to be an actor.

It was when '21' came out. I was in Los Angeles and my face was everywhere: on buses, on posters, on the side of buildings. I didn't feel that blown away by it. I was still hungry to prove myself. I realised that quite quickly, that I had to find something that challenged me from an acting point of view.

I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.

Until I was 21, I wasn't going into the media. I was a professional show jumper; I was going to have a farm... Then my father died, and it changed my life. I realised I had to have a go at being a journalist to see if I could cut the mustard.

I'd not really ever expected to play anything like 'Hamlet.' I hadn't seen myself as a natural Hamlet, whatever a natural Hamlet is, and I quickly realised there is no such thing.

When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.

I realised I had to work in something creative, but with a business and global element. And that I had to do it while I was still young and had an appetite for risk.

Once I started feeling better and healthier and learned to walk on my first prosthetic leg, I realised I'm not going to be satisfied with just walking around.

When I grew up, I realised what an amazing thing my parents did. It was such a big deal for my mom, a middle class woman, to decide to leave her children and husband to go and do her Ph.D. for three years. And my dad, who is even more middle class, a traditional South Indian, to let his wife do that.

The first time I played in front of a live audience, I realised I wanted to be a musician. I was about four years old and had always liked music.

Every time I read it, I realised 'Bajirao Mastani' must be made. It's such a powerful screenplay.

Acting was not on my radar ever, but after shooting my first film, I have realised that this is my calling.