Quotes About Ambition

I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.

At all big clubs, there is pressure. They all want to win and expect to win.

There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.

I like pressure.

The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.

You've got to want to compete with the best of the best and when the pressure's on.

The pressure I give myself from within is what drives me.

A lot of times, in the beginning of my career, I put pressure on myself just because I wanted to perform so well. I just wanted to be perfect.

Every young lad's dream is to play for England, but when you get the chance, there's bound to be pressure and a few nerves.

I won't call it pressure but I want to come out with a better movie every time. That kind of enthusiasm is what makes an artiste aim for more.

The problem is that right from the beginning, there was this whole pressure that I've had to make it big. I don't know if it's my fault or if someone else created this atmosphere around me, but it's been there.

Pressure is always in the back of your mind, but that's the pressure that drives you on and makes you perform to the best you can be.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I also have what I call an X-factor.

People want to be Lakers. There's just so much pressure, and some guys handle it and some guys can't.

There's a lot of pressure we put on ourselves because we want to do well for ourselves and obviously do well for your country.

I'd like to think I could do something great - a performance like Meryl Streep's in 'Sophie's Choice' - at some point in my life. At the same time, though, I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to be great.

I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.

I like the pressure.

I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

We need to achieve a change in the media and in the way women are pressured to conform to a narrow image of beauty - it's a lofty ambition but it's important to make a start.

Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

You have to be able to deal with the pressures that playing for a big club like Hibs brings and it's not for everyone.

My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.

There has always been something about the biggest, the wealthiest, the best-known, the most prestigious that has appealed to me. It's always seemed to me that that is what people want to know about.