Quotes About Ambition

I didn't really enjoy being at college, because I was putting myself through college. We just didn't have the money. I was responsible for that, so I was constantly looking for scholarships, grants, and work-study opportunities.

I was clear about the fact that my first film should be 'big,' since it's the start of your whole career graph.

I would love to follow a career graph like Akshay Kumar's.

If you look at my career graph, I have always chosen roles that are performance-oriented.

I went to community college for graphic design, and I loved it, but I wasn't into the school thing, so that didn't work out.

At some point, a young player has to grasp the opportunity and make himself undroppable.

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

There's opportunities you get that you want to grasp with both hands and you have to cherish them.

At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp.

I'm sure some people have an absolute grasp of where they are in their careers. I just don't think about it that much.

My wife tells me I always have to have a project. A 'projectophile' or something. It's true. I always feel like the grass is growing under my feet.

I'm so grateful for what Disney gave me and the experiences that I got, but at the end of the day, I can do so much more than what I did on that channel and in those movies.

I had done a bunch of stuff before I even went to Disney. I'm so grateful for what Disney gave me and the experiences that I got, but at the end of the day, I can do so much more than what I did on that channel and in those movies.

Entrepreneurship is all about deferred gratification.

I think that when I was first starting out, even after I was on 'Gilmore Girls,' when things were going pretty well, I was constantly focused on what's next, how can my career get bigger? I could've had a little more fun, and I think I could've had a little more gratitude for the job I did have.

New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.

If you're trying to be a successful writer, and you go into a second-hand bookshop, it's the graveyard of people whose books haven't been wanted.

In this industry, you're trying to make something of yourself, trying to build something, you want to do a good job - so I did every job under the sun, I did the graveyard shifts.

I defy gravity.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

I didn't have the great American novel burning inside me, but I felt I could try my hand at popular fiction.

I am great believer that, if you put your mind to anything, you can achieve anything.

I'm a great believer in setting myself goals, and I like to think that, once I've a goal to aim for, I'll do whatever it takes to achieve it.