Quotes About Career

I think Ric Flair has been tarnishing his legacy since 1990 - he has done more to tarnish his career then anything I could have said or did, then anybody could have said or did.

I was in the business for 20 years and look at Flair. He was probably approaching 35-40. But today, if a guy has good 8-10 year run, he is either considered that damn good or lucky.

There is often better opportunity attached to fame, at least career-wise. But it's a flash. You can't control it. You can't depend on it.

When I tell people I played with Giannis they don't remember it as much because I played with him in the first two years of his career, so he was not as flashy.

In the business world, I did fairly well, but wasn't happy. A bout of sciatica put me flat on my back. All I could do was read, listen to my mother's stories about the Sandovals, and daydream: a return to self. My writing career had begun.

If you're confident, then it helps you live up to your potential, but if you believe because you went to a certain school it means you're entitled to have a particular career, you'll fall flat on your face eventually.

I said to my mum when I turned 18 and moved into my first flat in Enfield, 'I don't want to come back to my country with nothing. I want to make a career here.' I did not want to let them down.

I guess that's a flaw in my career, that I like to work too much.

The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about money.'

I've got a family and job that I really love with super flexibility.

I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I was in it. When I retired, I wanted the opportunity to be a little bit more flexible and home-based for my kids.

As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.

So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.

Nobody asked you to flip burgers for the rest of your life.

I can't flip a burger, I can't do anything. All I know how to do is sing. I've been blessed to be able to make a living doing what I love.

I don't look for roles, for they come to me. Mind you, it's not like I'm sitting in the middle of the floor with thousands of scripts around me. When work comes up, it's good. I love it. Work doesn't feel like work.

I have made a career of flop films. And yet, 90 percent of my films are celebrated.

The poor show of a film can be crucial in an actor's career. Maybe that is why some actors choose to act in a lot of films, so as not to be affected by a single hit or a flop.

No one can force you to do a film. I am responsible for the films I chose, hit or flop. I am where I am because of what those films taught me.

I can't think of any actor who doesn't have a flop in his career.

This is a very competitive industry and everyone is scared that their career might finish if they deliver a flop film.

There is always a hit and a flop, it's part of working in the film industry.

I am probably the best example of an actor who has built his career on flops.

I didn't start my career or, really, my life before I came to Florida.