Quotes About Ambition

One of my dreams growing up was to be in a soap.

I never pictured myself as a telenovela galan - never imagined I'd be in a soap opera.

I've always wanted to be on a soap opera.

I was 11 and watching soap operas with my mom, and I thought it would be cool to be an actor. I thought soap operas was going to be the dream at the time - it's obviously now not the dream, but I think soap operas are really cool. Maybe I'll go back to that.

Soap operas were my first professional experiences, and I always knew I was eager to explore a lot more work in a lot more arenas.

I see I'm changing the game and opening doors for others, from my beginning from the east end of London. It's not a sob story; it made me the person I am today. It's seeing kids from any area or background you're from. There's a chance; you can make it.

I was totally sober in college and really, really focused. I just took the time when other people might be partying and just made music and played at the party instead.

I played soccer for nine years, so I took that route instead of singing. I played on the outside team as well as in school, so I was always playing soccer. It wasn't until I moved back to London that I really, like, started investing in music again and realized, OK, yeah, this is definitely what I want to do.

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'

When I was growing up, I played a lot of soccer. I always wanted to be a good soccer player.

I've always wanted to become a professional soccer player.

I still regret that I never played soccer in high school. I chose basketball over soccer.

I thought I was going to play soccer in college.

All three of us boys, we grew up playing soccer. It was all of our first love. One of my coaches actually wanted me to try out for the U.S. national team, but I decided to quit to pursue football.

I didn't want really to be involved in a normal soccer club.

I never thought then I'd be doing what I'm doing now. At my high school, being on the girls soccer team was the cool thing to do, but that was definitely never going to happen for me, so I played music. Not because everyone thought it was awesome, but for the love of it.

I wanted to be a soccer player; I wanted to do it at the highest level.

I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.

I was hell-bent on being a soccer player all through junior high and high school.

It used to break my heart that I didn't get to start in varsity soccer!

If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.

I always thought I was going to be a soccer player, get a scholarship to college, and then join the U.S. women's team.

I gave up soccer. But I don't think I can ever stop running.