Quotes About Ambition

Maybe I could manage someone and be the female Paul Heyman.

In my early years, I wanted to be like Paul Gascoigne.

It's so easy for anyone to be like, 'Logan Paul just ended his career. He's done.' But the only person who will ever decide whether that's true is me. Like, if I sleep for the rest of my life, maybe.

My dad loved Les Paul, and I wanted to be just like that.

To somebody else saying all I need is 10 million dollars, then I've probably made it. But there are Paul McCartneys walking around with $500 million catalogs. That's pretty much what I want. And that's just music. That doesn't even include directing and writing of movies and all of the other things that I want to go on to do. So I have a big dream.

I'm a competitor. I want the ball when it matters. But I came to Houston because I wanted to play with Chris Paul (a guy I've been close with since we were kids) and James Harden.

My advice today, to established acts and new-coming acts, is the same advice I'd give to myself: pause for a minute, and really think about 'What is your goal? Where do you see yourself?'

I always had dreams that I could be on television. I used to watch 'The Late Show' with my dad, and I'd make him pause the VHS whenever the audience laughed to explain jokes to me. But it's hard to just 'get into TV.'

Pave your own path and be fearless.

I feel like I'm just trying to pave my own lane and just kind of make my own sound.

I have no deep desire to hit the pavement and audition for TV projects or raise money to produce a show.

It's funny because from the time I was a kid, I knew what I was going to do. What's even funnier is that my dad and my grandfather didn't want me to work at the pawn shop, but I was deadset on it.

Usually I try not to pay attention to the charts, because I don't want to be like, 'Damn, I came in at Number 237.'

I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.

I'm not looking for a paycheck.

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.

If I wanted to play it safe, I'd get a normal job with a secure paycheck.

I'm not just here to get a paycheck and leave. I'm here to be one of the greatest basketball players to ever play.

I have a passion for music; I love music. But I also have a passion for money and paying my bills.

I left Indiana, and I ain't been back since. I've been doing comedy and paying my bills.

If you are lucky enough to be successful, you get drawn further in and you stop paying attention to the stuff that matters.

I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs.

I was a general contractor when I was paying for my first record.

When something is aspirational, you don't want someone to be thinking about payment every single time.