Quotes About Ambition

Ask any keeper what it's like when there's a recognised No. 1, the competition might not be as high. You're after that competition because it drives you on further.

In the cycling world I am... okay, it sounds arrogant, but I am pretty high up. And I am a good athlete. But it is not recognised in Ireland.

I want to be recognised as a great fighter; and not just in England.

I need to just make as much noise and bang on as many doors as possible 'til men are, like, giving you the recognition.

I started to get my doctorate, not to be called 'doctor.' Those are just little things you get to get recognition.

Of course it's nice to get recognition, but I'm not looking for it. I just do my thing. If it comes, it comes. But it's not what you play for.

I certainly wanted my name in lights. I wanted my name on a marquee. I wanted recognition on Broadway.

You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.

I was aiming for an acting career in 40. I never thought I would get recognition so early.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.

Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and acceptance by my peers.

I don't really think about recognition; I'm not really involved.

When I was younger in the theater, I didn't really feel like I got much recognition from the powers that be. I got a lot of small roles - I never got the standout roles.

Who doesn't wants to be seen on the big screen? But that doesn't mean I will be a part of any project. TV has given me recognition, and I need to live up to the expectation of my audience.

Of course I want to do films. But to me, television is equally important. It is where I got recognition.

It would be completely laughable if I claimed I was always motivated by the pure craft of acting and that recognition doesn't play a part. Of course it does - that's human nature.

If I become a European champion, I don't care whether I have absolute recognition or not.

It's one thing to never accomplish anything. You start from the bottom, you remain at the bottom, and all you know is the bottom. When you start at the bottom and you get to the top, and you feel the success and the notoriety and the recognition from being the champion, and you go back to losing, that's a tough place to be in.

I've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.

When I started college, I wrote a song 'Pee Jaun,' with a friend. I never intended to make mainstream music, but that song did really well and I got some recognition.

I don't care about All-Star or the fame that comes with it, the recognition.

Even my films did well and I had an opportunity to start my career with a full-fledged role in 'Yes Boss,' but I never earned the recognition which I always looked for.

Actors who are talented try to take a jump and start their career from Bollywood. But when they don't get enough recognition, they come back to other options.