Quotes About Ambition

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

My dad came from quite a poor background, so we were made to understand the value of money from an early age, and because of that, I always wanted to be self-sufficient and earn my own money.

Kendrick Lamar

Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be.

You have to be selfish to be an actor.

I think I just gotta get more selfish.

For me, it is sad when I listen to this, that one player must be more selfish to reach the top level.

People are selfish, man. They want what they want; they don't care what you want.

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.

It's so easy to be selfish in your 20s and not want to sacrifice.

I'm just selfish. I have to be for what I do.

I am very selfish when it comes to work, and I only care about work.

I've grown into that more aggressive, more selfish basketball at times.

I am rich because I sell a lot of books, but it's not my drive.

I have always been selling. I always had something going on. That was just my nature.

We are not saving lives. We are selling dreams.

I think a lot of my dreams have come true, and my next dream is to have a No. 1 selling album. A Grammy-award-winning album.

Gilbert Arenas

I was down to an 11-handicap before running for the Senate.

If I wanted to be president of the United States, I'd run for the Senate in 1986. And I'm just not going to do it.

I didn't get to the Senate by accident.

I don't have any interest in running for the Senate.

I didn't want to be a senator, but I considered it anyway.