Quotes About Ambition

I guess at the age of 15 was the first time I made a goal of wanting to be on television, and I didn't get a series until I was 23, which was 'The West Wing.'

Bradley Wright-Phillips

As a number eight or a number ten. I can play on the right wing like Becks used to play, cut inside and get the early cross in. I have a lot to show.

I'm like the only Kiwi that can fly, I'm the one with the biggest wing.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.

I want manned spaceflight, not just back to the Moon, but beyond that. And I want my daughters and my son to have their own July 20, 1969, to remember. Apollo 11 didn't give us wings; it only showed us how far the wings we had would take us.

I feel more like I'm a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.

My favourite poem is called 'Roots and Wings' - it's a very moving poem about how if you've got real roots you can fly.

In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.

Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that.

I was the lead in 'Interview With The Vampire', until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in 'The Wings Of The Dove' with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I was in 'Shakespeare In Love' with Julia Roberts, until that fell apart.

'Filly Brown' gave me the wings to fly, but red carpets are still very uncomfortable.

When humans become gods, when our wings grow so great as to beat about the very edges of the earth, no one can answer but us.

I don't think I gave 'Wings' its due. I was young. I wanted to light the world on fire.

Even entrepreneurs with the best ideas sometimes need a little wind beneath their wings.

I'd love to grow a pair of discreet wings so I could just fly around a bit and impress people.

As a child, I was competitive in whatever it was - first one to eat your wings, first one to run to the door. In everything we were competitive. I always wanted to have the edge.

Vision gets the dreams started. Dreaming employs your God-given imagination to reinforce the vision. Both are part of something I believe is absolutely necessary to building the life of a champion, a winner, a person of high character who is consistently at the top of whatever game he or she is in.

I've got a winner mentality, the mentality of a champion.

I always try to get the best result out of it, I'm not there to just sit second or sit third. I'm a winner, and I want to win every single race, and I will always go for it.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.