Quotes About Ambition

You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It was one of the few things in my life that I knew I was going to be able to do, and I also felt as though I'd be able to do it the way I wanted to do it.

Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs.

I started pursuing stand-up comedy in 12th grade.

Well, I started trying stand-up before I joined Google, actually. And then I went broke because that's what happens when you try stand-up comedy. You're actually paying to perform.

I always wanted to be an actor. I did drama at Manchester University and then had a stand-up comedy double act with a guy called Bruce MacKinnon.

Anything less than gold is a failure to me. It's extreme pressure, but I hold myself to a high standard.

To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it.

I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.

I set pretty high expectations for myself,and I hold myself to a pretty high standard.

I hold myself to a high standard.

I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

Music is my number one, it's my life, it's my everything. I'm enjoying challenging myself; I want to raise the bar and set a new standard for Australian pop artists.

I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.

The life was good in Qatar but I did not enjoy the football. For me, 12 months was enough. The standard was low, but not that low. It was OK but the ambition was not there from the players. It was like playing for nothing. I didn't like that feeling.

I'm a standard overachiever.

People - myself included - expect a certain standard from me. I always have to elaborate or improve on my playing. My success hasn't made me at all laid-back. That relentless drive is still there.

We should concentrate all our efforts on building an economic giant to bring about a fresh turn in developing the country's economy and improving the people's standard of living.

We're going to make certain that we set a very high standard for ourselves.

When I was in the eighth standard, I would dance to 'Suraj hua madham.' I have to achieve many things before I become even the 'S' of SRK.

I hold myself to a very high standard. But you're going to make mistakes. You've got to erase it and move forward.

Of course, getting to be No. 1 keeper in the world is a tough ask because there are loads of goalkeepers out there and some very good ones, too. But I always try to give my very best to reach that standard.

I do not think of myself as a standard bearer for Asian players. I just try to work hard for myself.

I am tough on myself. It's just how I am. I hold myself to a standard.

I learnt at the Euros that that is the level I want to be at. That is where I want to be. The standard of the strikers there was top class. That is where I want to be for a long period of my career.