“I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.” IfsThinkingLittlesPlayDreamBigsCareersStrugglePlayerStageBattleTennisWorthwhileWorth ItTournamentsDoubtedTennis Player Author:Samantha Stosur
“I was fortunate enough to hook up with Quincy Jones and had a lot of success. But the music of the '80s really changed when the '90s hit. For me to chase that dream or career of music, I started a family, started on 'Melrose Place,' so it was something I didn't have the time or energy.” EnoughDreamEnergyCareersChangedFortunateHook80sHook Up Author:Jack Wagner
“I guess winning an Oscar is the ultimate dream. A lot of amazing actors go their whole career without even being nominated. So that would definitely be a goal to reach. It's a difficult one, but I'm aiming for it!” WholeDreamActorsWinningDifficultGoalCareersUltimateOscars Author:Taylor Lautner
“My dreams are the usual incoherent nonsense. Like most writers, at some point in my career I thought, well, I have these great dreams but I always forget them in the morning so I’ll leave a pad on my bedside table so I can write it down, and then you have some incredible dream and you write it down and the next morning you wake up and you’ve written ‘purple socks’.” WritingWellsI CanDreamNextForgetCareersMorningWrittenWake UpDown AndTablesIncrediblesNonsenseUsualPurpleSockPads Author:George R. R. Martin
“It's very, very special for me. This is where I've grown up, it's my home, and winning the Monaco Grand Prix is the highlight of any racing driver's career and for me a childhood dream. It being my home makes it all the more special, unbelievable.” HomeDreamWinningCareersChildhoodSpecialDriversRacingUnbelievableHighlightsChildhood DreamsRacing DriverGrand PrixMonaco Author:Nico
“If you're too scared to put your dreams, thoughts, desires, fantasies on paper and share them with the world, then being an author isn't the right career for you.” IfsWorldDreamDesireCareersFantasySharePaperScaredYour Dreams Author:P. C. Cast
“My dream career would be to be in things that have real heart and are telling real stories but while doing that, you're getting really big laughs. I don't necessarily love the straight crazy comedies. 'Caddyshack' is amazing, but there's not a lot of new 'Caddyshack's.” HeartRealStoriesDreamBigsWould BeCareersLaughingComedyCrazyReal StoryReal Heart Author:Jake M. Johnson
“Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.” DoneDreamKidsAbleGuySportsCareersToo MuchOne ThingChildhoodDadHandleThrillDreams Come TrueBoyhoodHull Author:Bobby Hull
“[I would like to be] one of [the first pop singers to perform in a free Cuba]. I know the list is huge. And it would be hard to pull off -- I'd have a lump as big as a tostone [fried green plantain] in my throat. But oh my God, what a dream -- it would be the height of my personal and professional career.” KnowsFirstsHardDreamBigsWould BeCareersHugeGreenPopsListsSingersHeightThroatCubaLumpsProfessional Career Author:Gloria Estefan
“I want to be a free agent. I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one time in their career. It's like you have an evaluation period. It's like if I'm in the gym and I have all the coaches, all the owners, all the GMs come into the gym and just evaluate everything I do. So yes, I want that experience.” IfsThinkingWantDreamCareersLike YouPeriodsCoachesAgentsOwnersNbaGymOne TimeEvaluateEvaluationFree Agents Author:Carmelo Anthony
“This is my dream. I ain't giving up. I see a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and they've had their ups and downs, but they've continued with heart. We look up to that. I see Papa Roach being around for another 15 years. We've always wanted to be a career band.” GivingYearsLooksHeartDreamWantedCareersBandGiving UpRedHotLook UpUps & DownsPeppersPapaRoachesRed HotChiliChili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersPapa Roach Author:Jacoby Shaddix
“My biggest concern is always the students who are working toward a certain career - when they limit themselves to just that one option. They need to know that the world is huge - it's an ocean, and there are so many options. It's not the end of the world if they don't get to pursue an apparent childhood dream.” IfsKnowsWorldNeedsEndsDreamCertainCareersChildhoodStudentsHugeLimitsOceanConcernPursueEnd Of The WorldChildhood Dreams Author:Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
“People are so obsessed with making their careers and having a big house; then you realize that kills your dreams. It even kills what makes your life because you get so busy inside.” PeopleDreamBigsHouseRealizingCareersBusyObsessedYour DreamsBig Houses Author:Stephanie Szostak
“Lack of opportunity breeds dreams of escape. But professionals and managers who have invested in their careers do not leave the work force as frequently as discouraged workers in lower status occupations. Instead, they keep working, but they escape emotionally by defining achievement in professional, not company, terms. ... Thus, the potential for being stuck as career uncertainty grows takes its toll in weakening attachment to any particular employer.” DreamOpportunityForceGrowsTermCompanyCareersParticularAchievementWorkersStuckManagersUncertaintyAttachmentOccupationDiscouragedDefiningEmployersTollsWeakening Book:Men and Women of the Corporation: New Edition Source: Men and Women of the Corporation: New Edition
“For me my big dream that I would like to achieve is for each book to be better than the books that came before, to continue to improve and to become better as a writer and hopefully to have a long career.” LongBookDreamBigsCareersAchieveHopefullyLong Careers Author:Cassandra Clare
“A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible.” MayHelpingDreamYoungStrongCareersImpossibleMentorYoung WomenStrong Man Author:Kirsten Gillibrand