Quotes About Aspiration

You don't hope to go up and hit a single. You go up and hope to hit a home run.

I watch the Dodgers every night - no reading anymore - and I dream that I could have hit that home run.

My dad hit 152 home runs and that's the person I wanted to be like. My hero growing up.

I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.

I just think if I can go from being a homeless kid with a dream of being in the biggest band in the world and making that happen, I can do a lot of other cool stuff, too.

When I was growing up, I didn't have a hometown hero.

I started dreaming about being an actor in Gwalior, and it feels amazing to shoot in my hometown.

I had started doing small community theater shows in my hometown of Cleveland. I did a lot of shows there before I met this director who told me, 'Listen, I really think you could be on Broadway.' And I was like, 'No, that's crazy.' I didn't believe it... I was 9, maybe 8 years old at the time, and I was like, 'No. No way.'

I love my hometown, but 'Leave Fast' is the way I felt when I was 17, 18 - it's that fear that I'd never be able to do something else.

People saying I want to come here, who doesn't want to play for their hometown? That's a dream come true, if you're a kid growing up on the outskirts of L.A., to be the man in your city.

I wanted a future outside my hometown.

I'm honest - of course I want to be a legend.

Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.

I've honestly never worked with Beyonce. It would be awesome, though; I would love that.

I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one.

I'm ready to get a Marvel role, honey.

From the time I was 2, I told my mom I was going to be a singer. And she'd say, 'Sure, honey, and tomorrow you'll want to be a dancer.'

You never get the role you have worked so hard for, but the dream role, the one who gives you joy, money and maybe even honor, that one just falls into your lap.

It's funny, as a little kid, you look up to those guys who you play as in 'Madden,' and now to see myself in the game, it's an honor.

I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

I wanted to do my doctorate. I got honorary doctorates which made me feel very fulfilled.

I always wanted to be the best at what I did; I wanted that at university, I wanted the first-class honour and to be the best in class.

I would be absolutely delighted if I were to have a career similar to that of Schweinsteiger, both at club and international level. We all know what he has done for German football. It is an honour to be likened to him.

I ain't expect it. I just expected to be Chicago famous - 'hood famous. I ain't expect to be outside-of-Chicago famous.