Quotes About Ambition

Fashion was more of a sideline for me. I did it for the money.

All I ever wanted to do was play the guitar; singing was a sideline.

It might be okay for somebody else on the roster to sit on the sideline but it's not okay for me to be. I'm the franchise player, I'm the guy on both the microphone and in the ring.

At 20 years old I'm eager to play and to watch from the sidelines isn't easy.

I was unloading sides of beef down on the docks when I decided enough was enough. By then, I'd done a lot of reading on my own, so I persuaded New York University to enroll me.

We do not want to be giving quality sides such as Southampton, Palace, Norwich and the rest eight or nine points start and expect to get back up with them.

I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.

There's two sides to Trump's character, at least his pre-presidential character. One was, 'I'm the richest man you could possibly imagine, I live the life of Scrooge McDuck.' The other side was, 'I need your money. Give me money.'

My ideal would be to hop both sides of the Atlantic to work, as I'm sure every actor would.

I hate getting the ball and passing it sideways or backwards. I hate it.

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.

I've always been a champion of kids pursuing their dreams. But sometimes in life, extraordinary circumstances may force us to temporarily put our dreams on hold. The most important thing is to never lose sight of that dream, no matter what punches life may throw in our way.

Even when you're not acting, don't lose sight of your goals or who you are.

Don't be one foot in and one foot out, especially coming up in New York. It's so easy to lose sight of what you want to do and who you want to be.

You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.

I want to win everything in sight.

I just remember always wanting to make things. That was what was really interesting to me, but I had no career goal in sight. I didn't know anybody that had anything to do with show business.

There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.

No, I was never one of those positive people who believes he can have whatever he sets his sights on. I just kept working at it.

I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.

I want to have a catalogue or a share in a company. I'm trying to take my family's name from lower-middle class to aristocracy. I have my sights set high.

I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.

I want to go up there so bad, I've had my sights set since 1962.