Quotes About Ambition

I was never jealous of my best friend. But I was envious of his talent. I had achieved my ambition of being in a band and playing live and I wanted him to go on and realize his talent as much as he did.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

When I tried out for cheerleader, they sneered, 'You're too good, kid,' and put me in the high-kick line instead. It was pure jealousy, if you ask me.

I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.

Jean Tigana wants to go to the top with Fulham, and I like that ambition.

All my fans saw me as some little kid who can't even afford new jeans in his room, so they'll support me. That'll work until I become a success.

Jeff Ament, the bass player, plays basketball. He ultimately wants to do music, but he's really good at basketball, too. We all want to do what we can't do, maybe.

I wish I was as smart as Jeff Bezos. He's just a large-brained space alien.

When Jeff and I were first starting out and trying to make a name for ourselves, we were doing indy shows, and would take whatever we could get just to have as much in-ring time as we could.

It was always my plan to go big on 'Jeopardy!,' and I'm glad I was able to stick to the plan under pressure.

I always dreamed of working in an MLB front office and ruining baseball, but I have to settle for ruining 'Jeopardy' instead.

I used to be a pretentious little jerk, running around saying 'I'm going to be an awktor.'

When you look at it and see, 'Oh,they made their first movie at 27,' you feel like a jerk saying it felt like forever, but at the time it did.

I wanted to play for the Dallas Cowboys, and now I'm fighting in front of the Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones.

Obviously, when I was playing in the Championship, I always dreamed about playing for England, putting on the jersey.

When I got drafted, I just wanted a jersey. Once they gave me the jerseys, like, I was just hoping that they kept me on the team.

We look up to Jessica Alba. I loved that something bothered her, and she created products around it and built an empire around it.

I don't know if Jesus said it in the Bible, but someone said that 'the love of money is the root of all evil,' and I do think there's a correlation between the ambition that a lot of people have, in terms of financial remuneration, and the loss of core values.

After I lost in 2018, I told everyone that it just gave me jet fuel, and that when I come back, I'm coming back full throttle.

I had this dream. I wanted to fly fighter jets. And that's what I did.

I want to own the New York Jets, that's what I want. And I absolutely believe I am going to own the Jets.

When I was at high school, I thought it'd be nice to go into Air Force Academy and fly jets, but that was a very brief dream. Ha, ha. I'm too lanky to fit in the cockpit.

I'd love to play for the Jets.

I'm this little Canadian Jewish girl, and I'm living my dream.