Quotes About Ambition

I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison.

Francis Underwood was entirely based on Richard III. When Michael Dobbs wrote 'House of Cards' in the original British series, Richard III is what he based the character on.

If you don't think it's possible to win five golds, go talk to Michael Phelps.

You wanted to compete against Michael Jordan, because they were the best. You wanted to beat them. Never once in my mind, I went, 'I would love to play with him.' I was always like, 'Man, we've got to beat them.'

I never wanted to be Michael Jordan, although I would like to trade bank accounts.

I always watched Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and I said I could be playing on the court with them.

One thing I can say about Michael Jordan, nothing was going to deny him to achieve what he wanted to achieve. That includes the Bulls' front office, the league, or whomever. The man just had an undeniable spirit about himself.

Hopefully, one day, I'll be up there with Michael Jordan.

I want to play 11, 12 years right here and then retire - and win us some national championships, and be the Michael Jordan of Charlotte. This is the place that drafted me, that paid me. This is the place I should be loyal to.

I'm the fights sports' athlete version of what Michael Jordan could be.

My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.

Before I broke my back, I was really looking forward to playing hockey at the University of Michigan. That was my biggest goal.

Back when I was a freshman-sophomore in high school, I was saying that I was going to Michigan once I saw the Fab Five come through - I was just mesmerized.

I could finish my career being a defensive coordinator and say, 'Hey, he's Mickey Andrews.'

I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be 'a footnote in Disney history.' Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that.

You put a microphone in my hand on live TV, and that's just an opportunity for me to get ahead in life. That's the way I look at it.

As you know, Microsoft eventually kind of grabbed the gold ring out of Apple's hands, I guess.

Several times, I've been talking with some gross person at a party and had them literally walk away - mid convo - to ruthlessly approach someone more famous.

It was one of those early mid-life crises, really. I started asking myself, 'What is it that I want from my life?' This question kept haunting me: 'Do I want to be a lawyer who always wanted to be a writer, or do I actually want to be a writer?

Broadway! Broad-way! I don't aspire to the middle. I aspire to the tip-tip-top of it all.

I came from a middle class family hence I had to struggle hard for success.

'Tanu Weds Manu's brilliance lies in the fact that it makes the middle class want to be aspirational.

I wasn't going to be an actor. I was going to be a lawyer. I came from a family just above working class, just below middle class, a great family of wonderful values. The idea of me having a chance for a law degree was enticing. Enticing to me but also very enticing to my family.

I grew up in the middle class.