Quotes About Ambition

I always wanted to be a Broadway girl. But once I got Tony-nominated, it really messed with me, because it was like, yes, I'm getting this affirmation that you're right where you're supposed to be, but there was still this voice saying, 'You're not good enough.'

What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.

I don't get too much work to begin with, and whatever I get is mostly not good enough.

If I'm not the best D-lineman, it's not good enough for me.

Good is not good enough at United.

We accept that, in one way now, if you are 27, 28 and still playing for Ajax, you are probably not good enough for the top of Europe because players want to go to the top in Europe.

It's not good enough just to hold your head high because you're one of the highest-paid players in the NHL. It's not good enough to be one of the most popular guys in the NHL or to have a social media following. What are you trying to accomplish?

There comes a time when coming off the bench just doesn't cut it anymore, it's not enough time and it's not good enough.

To be fair to David Brent, he wants to be famous for doing something, for being a musician, but he's just not good enough.

When it comes to United, if you don't win everything, it's not good enough.

A lot of what keeps me going is wanting to be better, thinking I'm not good enough.

I do believe I'm not good enough to be a professional dancer. I believe that in my heart.

When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made them successful.

I want to talk about what I'm doing now... I'm not interested in what I've done, I'm interested in what I'm about to do.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it.

I'm not interested in being Don Quixote. I'm interested in running the City of New York.

I was not interested in being minister of defense or minister of foreign affairs.

If I'm not completely daunted, I'm not interested.

At the end of the day, I'm still an African-American woman in a male-dominated industry, so sometimes you have to deal with people not taking your ideas seriously. But I look at it as, I'd rather have adversities in something that I love than doing something that I hate or where I am not interested.

I'm not interested in having the second- or third-largest mall in Cincinnati.

I am not interested in being a star.

In all honesty, I'm not interested in records.

I have no idea what will come next in my writing life or life in general. I like not knowing, but I know what I want. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I'll give it my best try.