Quotes About Ambition

I know who I am, and I know what my ambitions are. If one kid sees me on TV or sees me in a movie and relates, then I'm done. That's perfectly fine. That's enough for me.

I think my story relates. When I started out, all I had was my passion and grit.

I had no problem relating to Peter Parker. He feels like he might be in way over his head but is desperate to prove himself.

I met Roy's father once... And I think that Roy's relationship with his father is still at the heart of what Roy does. But at the end of the day, he's trying to prove himself to a father he'll never really please.

I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me.

I still have drive, but everything is relative.

When guys talk about going to the league in college, they're thinking about flash and bling. But my first taste of the NFL was a relatively small non-guaranteed contract, a crappy room at an extended stay hotel and a sense of panic every time my phone rang because it might be the cut guy.

From a relatively early age I got interested in business.

Relatively few people should start companies.

Even if you're a relatively small player in search, that can still mean a company that's worth several billion dollars.

I grew up in the north of England - 200 miles north of London, in a relatively unsophisticated place. And I craved magazines as a way of finding out about the future, about the life that I wanted.

I'm just raising money. Dead presidents are my relatives.

I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating, and forcing my relatives to come, and charging money for them to see my little productions.

When I told my parents that I wanted to be an actor, they were like, 'How can you be an actor? You have to go out and interact with people! You hardly talk to our relatives!'

Ever since I was five, I had told my relatives I wanted to be an actress.

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

It's easy to relax and get comfortable but you can't be comfortable if you want to be great.

I was always incredibly driven and found it impossible to relax. I felt that if I slacked off for a minute to enjoy myself, then so many things would be missed.

On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me.

I always come into these competitions hoping to come away with a gold medal. I won't relax until I have the gold medal around my neck.

That's important for me, to never just relax and be too comfortable with what you have.

Until I have that belt, defended that belt and left a legacy with my name and what I've done in that cage, then I'll have time to relax and take in what I've done.

I realized that I am not meant to relax all the time. I have gotten into the system of working for 12 hours.

I've wanted to be Mick Jagger since I was 18. One of the things I love about music is that you don't have to be dependent on other people like you are in the film business. I hate being dependent on anyone. With my music, I can do whatever I want. I also think it's made me more relaxed as an actress.