Quotes About Ambition

We need to be self-confident, ambitious, and relentlessly internationalist in our outlook.

The part of Mike Wallace drew me to the movie because I thought, what an outrageous part to play.

I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

I've won the British title and although it would be nice to win it outright, I want to push on to the next level and if the opportunity to fight for the European or even a world title comes up, I will take it.

I'd like to win the British belt outright.

In 'Ek Duje'... I play Suman, a girl who runs her own tiffin service in Delhi. She is calm and composed at home but quite bold when it comes to facing the outside world.

It wasn't easy for me to start in Bollywood because I was an outsider.

I always felt like something of an outsider. But I identified with people up on the screen. That made me feel like I wanted to be up on the screen too. I felt like eventually I would get there.

I think, as an outsider, you are ready to deal with whatever comes your way.

I was doing drama and I wasn't sporty or cool I think there's definitely something about being an outsider and getting into the industry - maybe it's because you have something to prove?

Do I wish I had it easier being an outsider in the industry? Yes, of course, I wish had it easier. Why would we choose the difficult path. But I would not want to sit and talk about it and get affected about it. I would rather just accept it.

When I was filming 'The Outsiders,' my idea of success was getting the next Martin Scorsese movie.

You will not find outsiders getting main, important roles in big films. The difficult part is to meet the right people.

Outsiders don't get it easy. I was not even expecting to get a film.

From Mira Road to Malad, Mumbai is full of such outsiders, wanting to become Shah Rukh Khan.

I can't put on an act, so I try to be one of the best fighters so at least I get paid. Let's say Michael Bisping, he wasn't that great. He was losing, winning, but he was making a lot of money, and that was because he was outspoken and from the U.K. But not everyone can be like that. So, I tried to be the best I could.

It will be hard to become the best South American striker because, from Argentina, there are lots of outstanding players.

An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.

People say, 'I failed out of college! My life is over!' Well, it's not over. It depends on what you do with it.

I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it.

It doesn't eat at me. As a competitor, it drives you. It's hard to say this without someone saying, 'Golly, he doesn't care that much.' I want to win a championship for our team, for our organization. I want us to win one bad. But do I lose sleep over it? Or would I be miserable one day if I never did it? The answer is no.

It's just like any athlete, we all want a new contract. But I'm not going to stress over it. It's not the end of the world if I don't get it. If I get it, that's good.

I know I'm an overachiever, and I'm not apologetic about it.

I was the girl who did everybody's homework, but I was also, like, student council president and yearbook editor and, like, all-around overachiever. Like, I'm disabled, but I can do anything.