Quotes About Ambition

Wrestling, for me, was always something I wanted to do, and it, working in IT, was just a way to get financially looked after; I went and wrestled on the side because you don't make any money when you're starting off, and you don't have any name value.

If I'm only fighting once or twice a year, that's just not going to be enough to make a dent in the sport or enough financially for me to get myself to where I want to be and position myself.

Even the biggest stars have to struggle to get the success they want to achieve. But, for me, being financially strong was the most important thing.

I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I didn't know would never get financing.

I just have to sell enough records to continue financing making more records.

When I was younger, I worked for several years composing music for commercials, but I was very happy to give that up. I didn't really like it, it was a way of financing my bands.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

I was never given any hand-outs. I started at the bottom and was very good at finding people who knew more than me and learning from them.

There's only so much you can do of trying, finding yourself very close to getting a part and then not getting it.

I would have been a fine orthodontist.

Learning is fine, but you also have to win - you only have one career.

Everybody else is calling this 'Reggie's Team' and that's fine with me. It's just another challenge I have to face, and I look forward to it.

I don't need to be on the number one show. Number 25 is fine.

I got a BFA in Fine Art, and then I told my family I was going to be an actress.

I would want like, model-slash-actress-slash-designer-slash-mother-slash... cook! I just like having my finger in loads of pies all the time.

I'm going to build an empire. I'm always writing for someone else. I want to be someone who has her fingerprints all over the pop charts.

I hope that the restaurant I go to will have buffalo chicken fingers. I hope that one day I can work with Matt Damon. I have big and little dreams, and they're all equally important to me. A life without buffalo chicken fingers, I don't know if I would want that life. Even if it meant I got to work with Matt Damon. Everything has its worth.

Fingers crossed, you'll hear a lot more of me.

I would love to retire a City player and I have my fingers crossed it is something that can still happen. When I did leave in 2005, I broke down crying on the way to sign for Chelsea, but back then, we needed the money my sale brought in.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for good roles to come my way.

I can count on less than five fingers the things I can do well, so I'm just going to stick to those. It's crazy; it's literally all I've ever wanted to do in life is sing and play and get out there and rock.

You don't get to a Champions League final by clicking your fingers.

Just in any job, if you want to get ahead, take shorter lunch breaks, be happy to stay later, do the work, and finish it off well.

Last guys don't finish nice.