Quotes About Ambition

When I was 17, my main goal was to be in a band and travel the world. I ended up getting to do that with my old band Hey Monday. I got to see the world and learn how to tour, and the next thing I knew, I was on 'The Voice.' So it was just a crazy, crazy ride.

When I booked 'Arrested Development,' which was a fantastic job, and I was working with an amazing cast and some of the best writing I've ever done, I still found myself looking for the next thing.

The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book.

I'm addicted to the deal, to the next thing. It's irresistible.

I'm always hungry for the next thing. I'm never resting on my laurels.

I'm constantly working. I am constantly going to the next thing.

I was always on to the next thing. I didn't celebrate all the little moments in my career that I should have done, I always focused on what was next, how could I do better.

I get great satisfaction from trying to get better and trying to do the next thing as well as I can.

I love to do something that's challenging to myself, and just to see the success, it makes me go harder and harder the next time.

I always like to appreciate any achievement but then try and figure out how to top that the next time.

When I left Baltimore, I told everyone, 'Next time you see me, I'm going to be a rock star.'

At MGM, you knew you were going to be working next year; you knew you were going to get paid. But I was too ambitious musically to settle for it. And I wanted to gamble with whatever talent I might have had.

Things move on quickly in football. You win the FA Cup: 'So?' We won the league the next year: 'So what? Go out and win it again.'

I like short-term goals. I'm never thinking about a five-year or a ten-year plan; I'm always thinking, 'What am I doing in the next year? What am I doing the year after that?'

We didn't care about salaries and having a nice car. We just cared about science and were really ambitious.

When you have built a $3 billion company out of a broom closet, I think you are entitled to a nice house.

It's nice to take the gloves off, to really examine your character's desires and goals.

It would be nice to be highest scorer in the Championship.

I'm not a materialistic person at all, but I always want the next thing; I've got a nice toolbox, but I still want another set of spanners.

I still want to find some place to play 'Hamlet,' and if 'Far and Away' helps me do that, that would be nice.

Tanushree is a very nice girl and I worked with her once. She is very focussed, and I could see how hard-working she was, with dreams in her eyes. She was one of the well-behaved girls on the set.

This is the time for me to step out and show that I don't just want to play the nice guy roles, and I think I'll find out what my limits are.

Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry.

Obviously, getting a number in the charts is a nice thing but the cherry on the cake rather than the main cake.