Quotes About Ambition

New York is a place where people have strong convictions.

When you put fear aside and follow your convictions, you get to try and achieve so many more things.

I'm convinced I can be a good coach.

I am convinced that anyone can accomplish anything.

When I was 14 and went on the stage for the first time, it stimulated me so much that I was convinced that I didn't want to do anything else.

It's not always about convincing your parents of what you want to do, but just saying, 'This is what I'm doing; this is what I love.'

I was a bar-back, which is the person who cleans the bathrooms at the end of the night in the bar, and a cook. I had kind of given up. I was into backing other people up. Music was something I just did on the side and I don't think I had the energy to pimp myself out, like call people up and ask them to book me to play.

I think every young cook wants to write a book.

I don't hate Dane Cook, but I am trying to go after people I think are capable of more.

I'm not on chef level, but I'd make a good line cook. That's not too shabby.

I accomplished what I set out to do. I wanted the whole cookie, and I got it. Now I want to spend more time with my children - make sure they don't go through what I did.

I'm the chocolate chip cookie king of the world.

I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world.

As the idealized mother, I might choose Irene Dunne as the mother in 'I Remember Mama' who strives and not just cooks and scrubs for her children, but who also acts as her daughter's literary agent.

It wasn't like I wanted to be the next Marc Andreessen, but it would be cool to be in the same place.

I wanted to give myself the opportunity to do the coolest drag I could possibly do.

I've been saying for about 20 years, 'When am I going to get my cop show?'

To cope with today's competition, you need to do whatever you want but with passion, confidence and attitude to match.

You have to cope with expectation if you want to play for England.

I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.

When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

I always felt like I needed to be backed up in a corner to push myself.

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition.

Nobody dreams of being on the bench or sitting in the corner.