632 quotes
My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing.
Van Morrison
Musician · British · b. 1945
As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.
Lynn Davies
Athlete · British · b. 1942
I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.
Richard Pryor
Actor · American · 1940 – 2005
And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself.
Brandi Chastain
Athlete · American · b. 1968
I can't sing. Definitely no ambition in that area.
Corin Nemec
Actor · American · b. 1971
It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
Bono
Musician · Irish · b. 1960
We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
Jesse Owens
Athlete · American · 1913 – 1980
Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.
Elvis Presley
Musician · American · 1935 – 1977
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way.
Al Kaline
Athlete · American · b. 1934
A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.
Desi Arnaz
Actor · American · 1917 – 1986
So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around.
Mindy Cohn
Actress · American · b. 1966
Well there are two things: Number one is, make sure you always enjoy yourself, because when you enjoy yourself, you'll learn, you'll want more information, you'll push yourself.
I was very athletic when I was younger and I am a very competitive person, so I never give up.
Izabella Scorupco
Actress · Polish · b. 1970
Never give up on your dream... because you never know what the Lord can bless you with.
Kelly Rowland
Musician · American · b. 1981
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Channing Pollock
Actor · American
What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.
Patty Berg
Athlete · American · 1918 – 2006
When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn't want to play.
Joe Morton
Actor · American · b. 1947
With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.
Shane Warne
Athlete · Australian · b. 1969
The motivation part is all essential in keeping my voice, but there are the human factors of discipline.
Jerome Hines
Musician · American · 1921 – 2003
I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.
Alexis Arguello
Athlete · Nicaraguan · b. 1952
And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.
Ayrton Senna
Celebrity · Brazilian · 1960 – 1994
Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me.
Terry Fox
Athlete · Canadian · 1958 – 1981
Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.
Brenda Blethyn
Actress · English · b. 1946
We had so much press, and then they get bored... I think we've done well to keep going.
Emma Anderson
Musician · British · b. 1967
Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy.
Dom DeLuise
Actor · American · b. 1933
I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way.
Joe DiMaggio
Athlete · American · 1914 – 1999
It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.
Alan Hansen
Athlete · Scottish · b. 1955
My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!
Iris DeMent
Musician · American · b. 1961
There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.
Pat Cash
Athlete · Australian · b. 1965
But I'm good to go through my contract with Childress, and my determination is to win races and try to win that other championship.
Dale Earnhardt
Celebrity · American · 1951 – 2001
The last two years we got beat in this round. They came out with the motivation to win.
Jimmy Haynes
Athlete · American · b. 1972
To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Athlete · American · 1921 – 1989
I wasn't really interested in doing television. I don't have that much ambition. My agent, Eileen Feldman, has all the ambition for me.
Meg Tilly
Actress · American · b. 1960
We didn't think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had.
Cobi Jones
Athlete · American · b. 1970
We're not all nice, and there are a lot of levels of ambition and niceness.
Heather Donahue
Actress · American · b. 1974
It doesn't matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesn't give me more or less motivation.
Monica Seles
Athlete · Yugoslavian · b. 1973
The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.
Rick Pitino
Athlete · American · b. 1952
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
Dan Gable
Athlete · American · b. 1948
I sat down with my trainers to check my past seasons and to see what could be done to keep me motivated and in good shape. I had to find a new motivation, a new momentum.
Hermann Maier
Athlete · Austrian · b. 1972
I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.
Abebe Bikila
Athlete · Ethiopian · 1932 – 1973
Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.
Ruth Gordon
Actress · American · 1896 – 1985
Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences.
Lindsay Lohan
Actress · American · b. 1986
Don't give up. Don't ever give up.
Jim Valvano
Coach · American · 1946 – 1993
What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.
Eddie Marsan
Actor · English
I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock.
Carnie Wilson
Musician · American · b. 1968
I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.
Chuck Norris
Actor · American · b. 1940
It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down.
Jack Johnson
Athlete · American · 1878 – 1946
You have to believe in yourself, otherwise you can't do it. If you don't believe in yourself, how do expect anyone else to? Because ultimately, you're the one who has to do it.
Donny Osmond
Musician · American · b. 1957