Quotes About Ambition

I was very ambitious. It all started because my first boyfriend dumped me when I was 14. I'd always wanted to be a model and thought, 'Right, he's going to see me everywhere.' I was relentless in my pursuit of modeling. It was revenge.

The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.

I want people to perceive me as a guy who wants it. That I play the game with passion and desire. That I'm athletic, that I'm fast, and I'm relentless.

I know what I want, and I'm relentless in achieving what I want.

I'm relentless when it comes to writing and recording.

I'll be relentless in my efforts to be great, but I'm realistic. I know I can't be perfect because I've seen it. But at the same time, nobody wants to fail, nobody wants to fail.

I have this restlessness. I'm relentless to do things. My wife will say I'm an absolute nightmare.

Of course I'm proud of what I've done, but I'm interested in what's next. I want to be relevant now, in 2012. I've done my bit for the past. I've only ever been about what's next, really, and I'll be that way until I keel over.

My major ambition is just to stay relevant.

My studio was lo-fi by necessity; I was fourteen with no reliable income.

I love my religion, I love everything about it, but at the same time, I love my career, and I want to do it with the same love and compassion.

For me, it's important to instil in my children that they can do whatever they like, that no matter what their religion and colour, they can achieve what they want through hard work.

Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.

Never relinquish the initiative.

I am motivated and relish the pressure.

That's one thing I relish, the pressure of having to try and beat the best teams in the world.

The greater the pressure and expectation, the more I relish the opportunity.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

I never wanted to rely on my family for money.

If you have to rely on yourself, you try harder, and when you try harder, you feel bigger.

I want to establish myself as someone who can act and doesn't have to rely on my figure or modelling background.

Some young people can rely on a privileged background and great connections to get work experience, but I don't believe anybody can be guaranteed success nowadays.

When you win a championship, you can't always rely on that for the rest of your life. You want to try to go out there and win a better one.

We've become so successful that it's become a machine: There's a lot of people relying on you. You've got 100 people out on the road and working for you. You want to stay at the top.