Quotes About Ambition

After a two-year stint at Cheek by Jowl theatre company in London, I put all my energies into breaking into New York's theatre scene. It took me eight years to build enough to play lead roles.

When I was going off to training and matches at Arsenal, my mum wouldn't be on the side cheering me on: she'd be working so I'd have football boots. I saw that you had to work hard if you wanted to do anything in life.

When we were doing the cheerleading for this, I was excited about doing it because I always wanted to be a cheerleader. I always wanted to but I didn't get to because I was working.

From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a blonde, blue-eyed cheerleader but I'm going to get out of here and do something.'

I always just wanted to be a cheesy guy on television.

It's not like I'm going to be the new tele chef or anything, I don't want that at all.

I wanted to be a chef; I became a hero.

We don't look at records, but if we can make history in this club, we will. It's not only about Chelsea, this league.

I really want to play in Chelsea.

From the first day I left Chelsea, it was always in my mind to make them wrong. I made them wrong.

I turned down a lot of money by not going to Chelsea, but that's not what I'm interested in.

You don't want to be the boy leaving Chelsea, you want to train like every session is your last session because you know you always have to prove something to people.

When Chelsea go into a competition we go to win.

My goal is to stay here at Chelsea. Unless Chelsea does not want me anymore - then I'd have to find another club!

I left school and went straight into 'Made In Chelsea' - I've never had any challenge.

I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.

I had this dream for a long time and it was a dream to play for Chelsea and not for another club.

I don't think you would find any player in the Bundesliga who would say that they would not at all be interested. Chelsea would have been very interesting for me. You don't get a chance like that very often in your life.

Ultimately I want to play for Chelsea.

I would have loved to play for Liverpool, Manchester United or Chelsea.

Chelsea belongs in the Champions League, and we must stay there.

I always said to my friends that I would play for Chelsea one day.

Chelsea are champions of Europe, and there is not much more to say than that. Even after winning the Champions League, they still go and sign players of the highest quality. Their ambition is clear.

When I decided to move to Chelsea, I got a bit of stick at the time, but I didn't move just because of the money or just because it was a big club. I moved there because I wanted to play for them.