Quotes About Ambition

As long as I do the right things for me, I can go in there and win anything.

I always knew I wanted to act, but I never knew when and what would be the right time.

In this business, you need to be in the right place at the right time, have luck and the courage to do the job.

I was starting to write and I was like, Okay, I'm going to cast myself in my own thing.' You have so many of those moments as an actor because it's about talent obviously, but it's mostly about being in the right place at the right time.

I know a lot of actors have all these expectations and believe that one thing should lead to another thing, and that's probably the right way to build a career. I don't know what's wrong with me - I just don't think like that!

When I do something, I don't want to be second best. That's the right way.

I want to do a song with Rihanna - we need to make that work.

Obviously, everyone wants to work with Rihanna so that would be amazing. Maybe Drake or even DJ Khaled? I'm dreaming big!

I would love to perform with Rihanna. That's one of my biggest dreams.

When I was younger, I was a guy who always wanted to get to the rim and attack the rim and just dunk the basketball.

I was going nine times a week. You get to a point where you don't really know who you are. You're running on high octane, and you'll take all comers in every arena because there was no police. Every arena, you'd take on everybody that would come in the ring.

My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'

If I have to leave, I don't want to leave without another ring.

There ain't nobody who's got enough money to put my back in the ring.

I'm all about trying to accomplish more in my life as best I can, be it in the ring or outside the ring.

The Rio Games, it will be a big goal.

I think I'm ready and excited for Rio in 2016.

Newt Gingrich has certainly seen his own empire rise - and fall.

I have always been able to rise above the expectations.

Every level that I have ever competed on, I have risen to the top.

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!

I'm an artist, and I like the risk - I'm not in it for the sure things.

I feel like when there's more on the line and there's more risks, that means there's more reward.

In the new economy, we all have to be entrepreneurs with our own lives - with all the rewards and risks and, yes, anxieties that entails.