Quotes About Ambition

I hate losing, and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to be the best at whatever it is I'm doing.

I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores.

I'm not a manager. I just try my best and see where it takes me.

I've already proved I have what it takes to be the champion. I'm right there.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.

Taking on a leadership role doesn't mean that you only have to be personally ambitious.

I've always been very competitive, and a part of that is pushing your boundaries - taking a risk and being able to live with the loss that comes with taking a risk.

In Formula One nothing is easy, but I can feel I'm taking the right steps, that I'm working in the proper way.

For managers like me what is our dream? Is it what I did with Newcastle when we finished fifth? Or what Roy Hodgson did in taking Fulham to the Europa League final?

Singing is something I've always loved to do, and I'd never considered taking it further than the shower.

When I began to rap, I wasn't taking it real serious. As I start seeing good things, it's getting serious.

I look forward to pushing the boundaries of my craft and taking new chances.

For me, it's all about taking things a step at a time, proving I'm good enough and on the right path.

I have dreams and aspirations of taking a stroll down the ramp at a pay-per-view setting. Everybody has those dreams as a kid, and that'd be really cool.

As a kid, I was just writing scripts and taking whatever film classes I could in college.

I'm one of the few artists who started from the ground up for real. Not taking no records to the radio station begging no DJ to play it. When DJs started playing my records they called me for them. I ain't pull up and ask nobody for nothing, I ain't pay nobody nothing.

I'm looking to try to do more out there and just taking advantage of the opportunities that I've been given.

I think I've always been very good at taking advantage of the opportunities that have been given to me, because I didn't have many. Once I got one, I grabbed it with two hands.

I don't mind taking chances. Sometimes those chances get me in a loophole that's hard to get out of, but that's just me. That's my drive. That's my fire. That's who I am. That's who I want to be and who I feel like I am when I'm fast.

My career was a roller-coaster ride but I never stopped taking chances.

Never stop taking risks. Just keep reaching.

I have never shied away from taking risks in my career, and I would not do that in the future either.

I thought, 'I have ideas. I'm creative.' I just didn't see why I should be pigeon-holing myself in the business world or staying in corporate America when I already knew that I was capable of taking risks.

It's my first baby, 'IlumiNATTI.' I'm taking risks, but I feel like I'm doing it for all the Latinos out there.