Quotes About Opportunity

You know, I get a lot of people pitching songs to me.

I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.

If a team wants me to go to the minors to get ready and prepare, that's what I'm going to do and I will show that I should be pitching in the major leagues.

I remember the senior class play I was in. I was also in the musical, although I can't sing at all, but I wanted to be a part of it. Then I was modeling in Pittsburgh, so being in front of the camera was something I enjoyed and benefited from. I made money growing up by modeling locally.

Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

I'm not going to sit here and say, 'Pity me; I came from modeling.' It's opened a lot of doors. People will take meetings because they've heard the name before. That's an advantage that I have.

Three components - education, equality and empowerment - play an important and pivotal role in moving the country forward in every aspect.

I mean, 15 - that is such a pivotal time in a young man's life.

Most of us have faced a - faced a serious budget problem or another at some pivotal moment in our lives.

College was such a pivotal time for me. It's a time when you have so much growth, and you kind of can choose one of many different paths.

When the Pixar people call, you jump at the opportunity.

I like doing everything. That's why I came to Pixar, as opposed to Disney or any other studio - it's small. At the time I started, I was, like, the 10th person in the animation group, and we all had to do everything. That's the way I like it, keeping it fresh.

I started out doing commercials, like Diet Coke and Pizza Hut. And I started to find there was a different life for me, in a different field. From there, I got a call from a director in Italy, and we did 'Indio' I and II, and that's where it started.

When I was five, I went on my first audition. It was for a Pizza Hut commercial.

Change is always good. It brings you to a new place.

The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

I've always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.

There are people much better placed to make music than me. It's always been a young person's game.

I realize that every time we discuss a job placement and look at a list of both male and female candidates, there's a question that comes up pretty much all the time for the woman: 'Will she know how to assert herself?' It's not meant to be malicious. It's more, 'Will she manage to take leadership of the team you want to entrust to her?'

My favorite song I ever wrote is 'Yeah 3x' because it was my first placement. It was with a great artist, Chris Brown, and I couldn't believe it at the time. Honestly, I still can't really believe it! It is the first time someone ever gave me a shot, so that is my favorite.

I don't look at it as, 'Oh, I'm gonna keep making beats, and I'm gonna do that until I die.' But that's how some people look at it - gonna just keep making beats, get placement after placement.

Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places.

There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon.