Career Quotes
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I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.
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You always want to get better, and I think that will remain true for the rest of my career.
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I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.
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I don't have small goals; I just have goals, and it's, one, stay healthy; and two, have a very successful career.
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I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.
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Reading 'Youth in Revolt' might have ruined my career because suddenly I wanted to abandon all the emotional truth of something and just go out far on a literary limb with completely implausible things that relied completely on voice and humor. And what saved me is realizing that I couldn't do that very well.
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When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset.
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You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.
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Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple of classes, here and there, I basically just use my own instincts.
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I don't view any of the hits I've ever written as the climax of my career. They're just minor stepping stones.
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When I'm done my mixed martial arts career, the only people who are gonna remember me and respect what I did and how I lived my life are my two children. That's my legacy, ladies and gentlemen.
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Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a successful gymnastics career and, most certainly, the confirmation that my parents' sacrifices were not in vain.
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Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
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I don't think it's by any means an end to my career.
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If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.
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I wasn't using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.
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I suppose 'Worried About the Boy' was a brave choice, but only in the sense that if I didn't get it right, my career would be over before it had begun.
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When you think of Hollywood, you think of the land of opportunity. I always want to have the opportunity to do things conducive to my career.
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I would be very, very bored doing light little comedies for my entire career.
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Throughout my career as a lawyer, teacher and labor leader, books have remained my constant companion - stuffed into a briefcase, overflowing on my bedside table, stacked on my desk at work. Books have carried me to distant worlds, opened new doors and made me feel empathy, compassion, anger, fear, joy, acceptance - and everything in between.
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I like the fact that I'm involved in a career that gives me so many different mediums to perform in.
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A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.
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I felt after I left prison in England that maybe there was a slim chance I could put my life back on track and have a career.
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The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.
