Quotes About Career

I think tennis is very different than most of the other sports when you have the opportunity to go pro. For me, it was pretty simple. Tennis was always an individual sport, and your direct results determined where you could go and what you could do.

My dad played football - and tennis as well - and so did my brothers. My dad was chairman of our local club, Spartans, for a while. But back when I was a boy, people didn't think of football as a career.

I was all for basketball, and I made the decision to play tennis.

Nick Kyrgios, if you don't want to be a professional tennis player, do something else.

This is what I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a professional tennis player.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn't have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

If I weren't a tennis player, I'd probably be a psychologist.

It's very expensive to be a professional tennis player with all the travel and the flights and the hotels and everything.

When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world's number one tennis player.

This tension between ambition and parenthood, that's not a reckoning that many men face. There are plenty of men who say, 'Oh, I need to be there for my kids, and I can't do x or y professionally,' but for the most part, that's a struggle that belongs to women in society.

The tension in pro ball comes from the realization that any game could be your last, that an injury could end your career. And in TV, you never know if or when your series will be canceled.

Some of my friends said I wouldn't have a future in football, as did some of my family, but I still believed in the potential I had. My mum would tell me I needed to get a proper job, but for me, I didn't want to be anything other than a footballer. That led to some tension and frustration between us.

I'm a tenured professor. But I'd get rid of tenure.

My tenure has been abnormally long for the average Disney kid - most only last three or four years.

I've gotta believe that my managing tenure has come to an end here.

I did love 'Dirty Sexy Money' quite a lot. I loved my tenure at 'Scrubs' quite a lot. 'ER' might have been my favorite guest star thing. 'We Were Soldiers' meant a lot to me.

I came to the U.S. in the 1990s. I worked all around, including at Stars, and in 1996, I became the chef of Yoyo Bistro, which used to be Elka. During my one-year tenure there, I met a lot of French chefs at the time.

The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure.

I started in the restaurant industry when I was 22, so I've had quite a long tenure, if you will.

Everyone acknowledges that there is a political part to tenure, but no one likes to admit it.

I know a Bollywood actress' tenure is limited.

Some say a model's tenure is relatively short compared with other careers. But I disagree. Models of all age groups are needed, so I think modeling can be a lifelong career.

I will make the final decision on running for governor after my congressional term ends.

I want diversity in what I do, as that's what helps you in the long term. It's more fulfilling, and you'll have a longer shelf life as an actor.