Quotes About Career

I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade.

To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the building trade, I worked in a builders' merchants in Stoke.

As a professional athlete, the small print says there could be a trade at some point in your career. Sometimes expected, sometimes not. You have to be able to handle that.

I was lucky, and once I moved to L.A., I didn't have to get another job besides acting. But I wouldn't trade my previous jobs for anything.

My career was one of just taking it step by step. I didn't know how I was gonna fare on the professional circuit when I qualified. I didn't know whether I was gonna make a dime. I didn't know anything but this one thing: I had some dreams, and I was gonna work harder than anybody out here to ply my trade.

It's hard for anybody who works a lot and has children. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I see myself as a comedian rather than a female comedian. I happen to be a woman, but I am a comedian by trade.

I went to Huddersfield University Business School. That's where I learned my trade.

When I signed up for Y&R, my actor friends said, 'A daytime soap? It'll kill your career!' Now they'd trade places with me in a heartbeat.

Would I want Johnny Depp's career? Sure! But do I want all the trappings and all the stuff that comes with that? I don't know. It's a pretty serious trade off. Can you prevent it? Probably not.

I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. 'Dear John' allowed me to do movies I've wanted to do. You learn to balance it out. I'm still learning. Only now am I getting to do the kinds of movies that I have wanted to do. So it's a steady climb. You don't jump into a Soderbergh film.

Time flies really quickly. It feels like only a few months ago that I was traded over here and started my career as a Cub in 2013.

It was a lovely story that I finished my career with Kobe, with somebody who I was traded for. I have a lot of respect for the guy. I think he's definitely, by far, the best talent that I ever, ever played with.

Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No.

Getting traded to Edmonton was fine with me at the time. At the end of the day, though, you just try to do what's best for you and your family.

That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do.

I wouldn't have traded my career path for anything.

Everyone knows my career was catapulted to another level when I got traded to the Boston Celtics.

I mean, if you're going to get traded, you're always looking for a good team to play with.

I look at it like this, this is what keeps me going: You see a lot of guys who are being traded and they get waived once they get to the team. That's never happened in my career. So once I've gotten traded, I've been able to sustain a role. I've been wanted.

I had told my wife that I was thinking of retiring at the end of the year. I was thinking I didn't want to do it anymore, but then I was traded to the Dodgers.

Some people want to stay with one team but they get traded.

You'll be on one team this minute, then the next day you get traded. So, I mean, I knew how the business works... It happened to me.

I almost got traded my rookie year or my second year in the league.