Quotes About Ambition

I don't want to be a senator.

A great script might come my way, and I could be in the middle of music. So, it's a huge choice that I have to make - if I'm going to go do a movie or if I'm going to turn it down - because it could be an opportunity that could send my career through the roof, and you never know.

Whether Under-17 level, the 21s, or senior team, it's my dream to play for England as often as I can.

I always wanted to make football a career. My senior year didn't go where I needed it to go, though, and it made the decision to turn professional in boxing easier.

Engineering was the safe and sensible choice, but music was what I loved and wanted to do.

I want to do sensible films.

If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.

My only sentiment is to win.

Getting cut four separate times really never stopped me.

I find the idea that some kids go into acting because of their parents butt-clenchingly embarrassing. I've gone out of my way to prove myself as a separate being. I don't want to be seen as a subset of someone else.

'School of Rock' was just once in a lifetime things; I want to be a doctor, actually. I'd go an do the sequel if they asked me to.

As far as the 'Adhugo' sequel is concerned, I would love to do it.

I revere my serials. But the reality, at the same time, is that it is difficult to get a break in films. I have been unceremoniously ousted from 20-25 films because I am a serial actor.

I don't want to be one of those great players who never made it to the Series.

I need to go where people are serious about acting.

I would love to act, but I seriously do not know anything about it.

We worked for 11 years to get where we are today, and I want to take our work seriously so that later on I'll be able to appreciate the money we've made.

I would love to be a public servant to this great state, and I would like to leave everything on the field. Give 110 percent to the state, and we'll see where it takes me.

Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor.

I am an opportunist. When opportunities come, and I see them serving my grander goals in life, I take them.

In my business, you could be making money one day, and the next day you could be serving up burgers at McDonald's. So if you want to be able to stay on top of your game, you've got to keep with it.

I want to improve every season, every training session. I'll continue that until I finish my career.

Setbacks make you want to be better again.

Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do.