Quotes About Aspiration

I want to be able to sing like Whitney Houston did.

I'd always sing 'Greatest Love of All' by Whitney Houston. I just want to make clear, though, you know those people on 'Star Search' who are the little 7-year-olds that sound like Christina Aguilera? That wasn't me.

My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well.

It's not like we don't have any talent. We can't sing like Whitney Houston, but we can sing well.

I was doing gigs at 16, belting out all the big ballads like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

Every man deserves a castle; doesn't matter how big your castle is.

I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.

You can't imagine how hard I am on myself. Nothing pummels me like my own doubts, the feeling of how far I still have to go.

I don't like to use the word 'legacy' because it sounds a bit like I'm full of myself, but I am trying to see how far I can take myself, how far I can push being the best in the world.

I want to play my best tennis and see how far I can go.

For me, it was just a case of seeing what stage I could actually get to. For every kid it's the same, you don't know how far you can go until you get a bit older and things start to become a reality.

I can't tell you how many times someone has written me and said, 'I became a doctor because of you' or 'I became a dancer because of you.'

I've definitely learned that if you really want something, just go for it, no matter how much it scares you.

I didn't harbor a huge desire to become a chef until I graduated from college.

I entered Bollywood with a huge hit, but things didn't really materialize like I wanted them to be.

Like everyone, I was a huge fan of David Boies, and from what I knew about him, I thought he might 'get' me. So I sent him an email. I said I want to practice law but that I didn't want to stop writing and I asked if there was any way I could practice law for him.

Priyanka Chopra has made a huge impact on me.

I wanted to be Langston Hughes.

It's been my dream to fight Matt Hughes for the championship.

It wasn't until I did 'Hugo' where I sort of started to think that this could be something that I do for a long time - not necessarily the rest of my life, but we'll see.

As a science fiction fan, the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award mean a lot to me.

When I was 5 years old, Hulk Hogan was the world to a lot of little kids.

There are things I want to do to be a better human being and a better father.

I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms.