Quotes About Ambition

Being number one, winning Grand Slams, that's something I never had before.

I've had dreams - there were three things I wanted to do during my career. I did them during my first year of Grand Prix.

I was always interested in having my own money - not my family's money. I don't think it had anything to do with me being Elvis's granddaughter. None of my drive was, 'I need to get away from my family legacy!'

I might have some delusions of grandeur.

World leaders and major political figures have often had delusions of grandeur.

I love the entertainment business. I have a lot of friends in it, but it wasn't my passion. The sports business is what I am passionate about. I also wanted to define myself through something that wasn't linked to my grandfather.

I can't play a 65-year-old grandfather, as much as I'd like to.

When you chase a dream, and no one understand or has your back except seven friends from high school and your grandma, it's not going to be easy.

My grandma divorced my granddad and became a finance manager to get her own house, and my mum worked very hard to make sure we could have our own space.

You tell me you want to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat you. My grandmother asks me to race down the street, I'm going to try to beat her. And I'll probably enjoy it. Competitive to a fault, sometimes.

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

My entire life, my grandmother told me I could do whatever I set my mind to.

I have goals, I have my purpose. I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past.

Maybe this is a way of gaslighting myself, but I think of it this way: In certain circles, my grandpa was considered to be one of the seminal directors of the 20th century. I'm never going to be that. So I might as well do whatever I want.

I always wanted to work with Spencer Tracy, which never happened, although I knew him well. And I never worked with Cary Grant.

And dreams are not granted or given - they come with a price. No matter what your goal, you're bound to face adversity, and it's during that adversity, when you find out what your made of.

I don't take anything for granted. There are 500 other girls right behind me. And I know that, because I was one of them.

We, after a certain age, after college, are so consumed about what we want to achieve in life, and we fiercely are ambitious and we go after that, but sometimes we tend to take all our loved and dear ones for granted.

You can't take anything for granted so I have to keep working.

When I was young at Arsenal, you take it for granted, playing all the time.

I hope my career will be long-term. It's not something I'm taking for granted, but we try to plan that way.

Bollywood is a dream come true for me and I am not going to take anything for granted, that's for sure.

I go to play for Congo now and it's a reality check. You see how it is for some people and you don't take things for granted. A lot of the people in Congo, to get the opportunity that I have had, I don't know what they'd do.

You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work.