Quotes About Ambition

I'm not going all the way; I'm going to be the best fighter that's ever fought in MMA. That's what I truly believe.

My mom always told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. And I truly, actually believed it. And I fought.

I try to search for roles where the character is not dependent on how she looks, but it is hard because I didn't know anyone in this industry, so I started as an extra and fought.

America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.

If I get a role, it's because I fought for it.

I fought really hard to win a seat in Congress, and everybody else did, too.

I've fought hard to get where I am.

Patrice Evra has always fought for his place.

I want the best. I've always fought the best.

I just want to be able to say I fought the best fighters in the world.

I knew I wanted to be an actor the first time I thought it wasn't going to be possible and decided to go another way. I was filled with this incredible sadness - and every time my life led me away from it, I fought to get back to it.

I'm a person who fought for what I have.

I haven't fought with crystal-clear vision my whole life.

I want the type of career where I can come back to theater. Theater is my home. Theater, to me, is like ballet for dancers. It's my foundation.

What's a better foundation for drama? You have power, you have ambition, you have sex... that's the stuff of drama.

Companies that have the capability to settle space don't have the ambition and companies that have the ambition don't have the capability. Voyager was founded to do something about that.

Even though I had accomplished something astronomical, I looked to my friends who had founded Dropbox and Airbnb, and thought, 'I could've done better.'

I don't want to be the guy that's sitting here, calling somebody and telling them their dream. I want to be in the seat of the founder.

As one of the founders of Three 6 Mafia, I would like to see the group get back together, you know. But I am definitely thinking about it and would like to see it happen.

I said, 'Who said African American founders can't build a billion dollar company?'

We do think founders should be treated like athletes, going for gold really hard.

What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

I didn't have the luxury of going to the four year school for acting.

I worked hard at my four-year M.A., but got a 2.1. That was a big disappointment, as I wanted to write about history and thought I needed a First.