“I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.” FirstsWantedActingGrowing UpFiveGrowingPlayerAmbitionMusicianNineHockeyUsualHockey Player Author:Michael J. Fox
“I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.” LongPlayerAmbitionBaseballLong LifeBaseball Player Author:Gerald R. Ford
“The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and skirt-chasing, White House aides who were stricken cruelly with overweening ambition, movie stars and baseball players who came down with acute cases of wanting to trash hotel rooms while under the influence of recreational drugs. Most of them have found God, or at least a publisher.” ShowsFoundHouseStarsWhiteRoomsCasesPlayerInfluenceSeriousDrugAmbitionBaseballHotelWhite HouseSpellsPublishersChasingMovie StarTrashSkirtsBaseball PlayerCongressmanTalk ShowsHotel RoomsSufferersRecreational Drugs Author:Calvin Trillin
“My favorite thing about coaching? Teaching. Being around young people, just watching a player grow and develop. You know, a young man comes in with dreams and goals and ambitions and just helping him reach (them). It's like your dad watching you grow up and like me watching my boys grow.” PeopleKnowsMenHelpingDreamYoungGrowsGoalBoysGrowing UpPlayerTeachingLike YouDadAmbitionMy FavoriteLike MeYoung ManCoachingFavorites ThingsYour DadMy BoysDreams And GoalsGoals And Ambitions Author:Tubby Smith
“Religion appears in so many contexts in WW1. Religion shaped the national identities and ambitions of several of the key players, especially Germany and Russia, both of which defined themselves as messianic nations. In both countries too, secular elites delved deeply into apocalyptic and prophetic ideas, giving their nations a millenarian bent.” GivingIdeasCountryNationsPlayerIdentityKeysAmbitionRussiaDefinedGermanyElitesSecularBentApocalypticPropheticNational Identity Author:Philip Jenkins
“This may sound arrogant, but I believe that if we'd done teamship better, we'd still be there. Where we fell down was the inability to hold together. We should have learnt from the great football teams. The players may not like each other. They have egos, they have their own ambitions, they have different personalities, but they are still bloody good teams.” IfsShouldBelieveMayStillsDifferentDoneTogetherI BelieveSoundPlayerTeamFootballPersonalityEgoAmbitionShould HaveArrogantBloodyInabilityFootball TeamGood TeamGreat Football Author:Alastair Campbell
“I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.” WantedPlayerAmbitionOutstandingMy Ambition Author:Imran Khan
“Actually, my ambition at eight or nine years old was to be one of Little Richard's sax players, and that's when I got my first saxophone, a Selmer. It was a strange Bakelite material - that creamy plastic with all the gold keys on it. I had to get a job as a butcher's delivery boy to start paying for it.” BoysPlayerStrangeAmbitionGoldDeliveryMy Ambition Author:David Bowie
“I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.” WantPlayWinningPlayerTeamAmbitionDrivenKillersCaptainsInspirational TeamWorkaholicGood TeamTeam PlayerWinning Team Author:Jane Pauley
“I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.” WantLoveSuccessNumbersRecordsPlayerBrokenHeroAmbitionBaseballTennisBaseball PlayerBroken PromisesTennis Player Author:Martha Stewart
“Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.” InspirationalPlayHandsMotivationalOrderGamesWinningDealsAcceptingFatePlayerAmbitionYogaCardsDecision MakingGamerFate DestinyFate And DestinyPlaying CardsDestiny And ChoiceLife Fate Author:Voltaire
“I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer.” GreaterPlayerAmbitionProseBeing The BestRacket Book:The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt Source: The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt