Quotes About Aspiration

The most important thing to me is to inspire all these athletes in the next generation.

I'm never satisfied. I want to get to the next level.

I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.

I want to take on more diverse roles, and I keep building, and I hope to one day write or direct something. But I just want to keep developing as a person, and that will hopefully take my acting to the next level.

You should always want more. If you get comfortable with what you have done, you can never go to that next level.

In my next life, I want to be Jann Wenner.

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that.

I wanted to get that Division I scholarship and play ball and go to school for free, and I was always about getting to that next step... I was always ahead of myself in some way, shape or form, and trying to envision how to get further along and closer to fulfilling that dream of being free and having creative agency, so to speak.

That's kind of always been that thing in the back of mind if I'm good enough to do certain things or take that next step in my career.

Anytime you finish a climb, there's always the next thing you can try.

When I was 17, my main goal was to be in a band and travel the world. I ended up getting to do that with my old band Hey Monday. I got to see the world and learn how to tour, and the next thing I knew, I was on 'The Voice.' So it was just a crazy, crazy ride.

If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.

I'm always hungry for the next thing. I'm never resting on my laurels.

When I left Baltimore, I told everyone, 'Next time you see me, I'm going to be a rock star.'

Maybe I'll buy myself a nice Gucci bag.

It would be nice to be highest scorer in the Championship.

I still want to find some place to play 'Hamlet,' and if 'Far and Away' helps me do that, that would be nice.

Oh, I think Neymar would be a nice guy I'd like to meet. Messi, too. Cristiano Ronaldo. I think they are guys that their lives would encourage me. They would be nice people to meet and know more about their stories, to evolve and grow more with their stories. I think it would be cool to meet them.

So chess is kind of this nice thing that I have no real aspiration for. It's just a frivolous thing I can enjoy.

I was introduced to money as a teenager, my friends had nice things. It came naturally to me to try and make money.

The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.

I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.

When I was younger, I always was like, 'I want to be a serious actor.' I wasn't interested in doing a Disney show or a Nick show. But here I am, and it's great.

To get the Nickelodeon award? That's like 'it.' It's one of the best. It's definitely where you want to be in your career.