Quotes About Ambition

You want to have a good job so you can make good money. You want to make good money so you can buy nice things. You want to have nice things so you can impress a nice woman.

I never had money; I like nice things, but I don't let that run my life. At the same time, I have to let something drive me... so now I let the money drive me.

We don't have entitlements as part of our family heritage. If you want nice things in life, if you want to get ahead, you have to earn it.

I was introduced to money as a teenager, my friends had nice things. It came naturally to me to try and make money.

I like nice things, I love money really, don't I? But I don't love the fame side. All I care about is my world title, being in big fights and being known for that.

It is not easy to get out of it. It is much nicer to be fighting at the top of the league but it is only nicer if you can get something at the end of it.

Back in high school, I went on dates, but I was too focused on my career. My parents were like, 'It's nice to have a boyfriend, but it's even nicer to own your house when you're 21.'

It's hard to know really how it's going to happen, but the career ebbs and flows and now there's a nicer feeling of interest than there has been at other times.

Acting's incredibly enjoyable, but sometimes it doesn't feel quite enough. I've also written a script about the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. This will make me sound like a female Kenneth Branagh, but I can't think of anything nicer than directing myself from a script I wrote.

My mom was not able to buy us the expensive Air Jordans, so if I wanted something that was a little bit nicer, my brother and I, we had to go earn money for it.

I like building teams and I want to run my own show, in the nicest possible way, to see how far I can go, starting with getting Macclesfield further up the table.

I never wanted to do anything else, really. I left home at an early age trying to find my voice, my niche in music.

When I was younger, I always was like, 'I want to be a serious actor.' I wasn't interested in doing a Disney show or a Nick show. But here I am, and it's great.

There was something in Nick, becoming the Broadway star that he was and working from the age of 7, being on Broadway for four years, and then doing the music.

I keep busy. That was my nickname in college, 'Iron to the Fire.' I like to keep several things going at once.

I have always wanted to sing at some point in my life. In fact, when I was shooting for 'Oohalu Gusagusalaade,' I would randomly start singing on the sets, and I even earned a nickname 'Radio' on that film.

The opportunity beckoned me to play for England, but I chose Nigeria because it has always been my ambition to play for the Super Eagles.

People in Nigeria weren't happy that I went to Qatar. They said 'why did you go there of all places?' They missed watching me on television but sometimes you have to think about yourself and your future as well.

I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard.

I've always affirmed, nobody's ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

When I was in college, I wanted to write for 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien,' and I was an intern there.

It was when I met everybody on 'The Perfect Score' that, like, nightclubs became a thing.

I had a nightmare that I was mopping floors and that this Freddie Gibbs thing was all a dream.

My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.