Quotes About Ambition

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

I was interested in the narrative of how we nurture our elite in this society: all that stuff about believing in yourself and not accepting second best. Our inner world is at odds with that.

The odds were against me when I arrived at Central Arkansas. I was barely 6-foot-2 and didn't have a scholarship. But I always felt I could make it to the NBA; it was as if I had foreseen my future, and I knew I would make it.

I want children to know that they can create the life they dream of despite the odds that are against them.

Working 16-hour days to ensure that I can pay my bills has been a bulk of my entrepreneurship life. And on days when I don't, odds are I'm running to the airport.

Growing up, people will tell you that you have a better chance to become an astronaut than becoming an NBA player. So when you finally get to the NBA, you've beat the odds. So when you put on that jersey, everything else is downhill.

Aim high, and you won't shoot your foot off.

I love biting off way more than I can chew, and that's a great motivator because it forces me to rise to the occasion.

Be it commercial or offbeat, I want to establish myself as an actress.

I didn't think I was going to school to be a doctor - no offense, but that wasn't me.

I am not now, nor will I ever be, a candidate for offensive coordinator of Iowa.

The most offensive thing is when people say, 'Everything you do is for the money.'

My dad is really just lazy. He has nothing, I feel, to offer this world.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

I was depressed about the roles that were on offer, so I had to make my own stories.

It's true I was interested in going to Everton, but I didn't accept the offer.

You know you have more to offer, and it gets frustrating when you aren't given the chance.

Not everyone is going to like what you do or what you have to offer; however, if you can't see yourself doing anything else, and you have the drive and ambition, get the training and go for it.

I did something a lot of people will have to do in this economy if they want to eventually land their dream job. I turned down an offer to take a high-paying position in another field because it wouldn't fulfill me.

I think I've got a bit more to offer than just dancing. It might just be me that thinks that, but it's worth saying.

Some people become artists for whatever reasons. Some of it's frivolous. And I don't think there should be any shame on that, but I think there comes a point in life where you want to offer more.

As far as I know, Mr. Watzke has not said he would sell me if somebody offered 100m. He has emphasised that the club would like to continue working with me. The club is just greedy for success - and so am I.

I joined the international stage quite late. I didn't do many of the youth age groups, so to come into the senior team and to be offered a Nike deal - a very, very low Nike deal to start with - but I was jumping up to bite the woman's hand off to sign the piece of paper.

Let me clear it once and for all: I was never offered 'Befikre.' But had I been offered, I wouldn't have done it.