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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.

Brandi Chastain

Athlete · American · b. 1968

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

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