Quotes About Ambition

I try to be optimistic, but in this business it's so hard. The craziest stuff can happen.

No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move.

To be in the wonderful world of entertainment, you have to be optimistic.

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.

My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life.

Losing is not an option for me.

Me going to college was not an option.

I started playing guitar, like, when I was 17 or so, but where I'm from, you just don't hear about people moving to Nashville and making it. It was such a foreign thing to me. I never knew music was an option for me.

Failure was not an option for me.

It was never an option to not succeed.

I haven't been in a position to be a free agent or know what that is like and then to have the chance to go where you want to go. That's always been - I feel, with players, they want that option.

I love acting. I had a backup option in writing or direction. But I have gone on to become an actor.

Some people are born and train their whole life to be an NBA player. But some people, if it doesn't work out, then they have no other option.

I'm addicted to success, failure is not an option.

You go into every game knowing that somebody wants to compete with you and take your place. There is no easy option and you always have to prove yourself.

I had no doubts I wanted to be a footballer because that was the only option.

If you look at champions, they came from nothing. That's where they get their drive and determination and hunger. They know they have no other option to succeed, because they had nothing. I had everything.

I wasn't sure music was an option for me.

I don't really take no for an answer. Giving up isn't an option.

My parents sacrificed everything because they wanted a better life for me and my little sister. That's why we came to the U.S. So it wasn't an option not to step up to those high expectations. So I didn't go to high school. There was an early entrance program at California State in Los Angeles, and I started college at 13.

I think as long as I feel good and am able to perform on a high level, I will keep playing because I love football so much. After that, I have many options but haven't set any goals.

At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting thing and I just wanted to be able to keep going because it was really good. That was all I wanted.

People ask me what I would have done if it wasn't for basketball. I can never give a good story because I honestly don't know. I had no other options.

If you want to be a powerful woman, you need money. It gives you options and freedom so you don't have to think about money all the time.