Gary Payton Quotes

I think in coaching you just expect it to end at some point by being let go or by being fired. It's just kind of the nature of the business, so I've never really focused on that. I'm just trying to focus on doing the job as well as I can.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come.

For one thing, there is no guarantee that I am even going to work again. I hope I will and will go on to have a long career.

I will always worry about where my career is going and am I any good.

The reality of a long-term career is that there are ups and downs.

I don't understand people who want to leave a good job. To me, without being terribly judgmental, those are people who haven't gone through their stint of being out of work for long periods of time.

I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air.

I haven't got a real job.

Whether you're working in corporate America or you're a journalist, construction worker, a teacher or an actor - we're all trying to keep working. If one job is ending, you look for another job. When 'Psych' ends, I will be looking for another job.

I love that my dad has stopped asking me when I'm going to get a real job.

I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was so desperate to get a job and couldn't and so it's kind of an anathema for me to turn down work.

Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry.

My agents do not like my choice to work only in New York and Israel - it's not a good career move.

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.

I didn't have any great job prospects.

I can't worry about whether roles will be there for me when I'm older.

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

You have no idea what you get involved in when you start a role. You just hope that it's going to be successful.

I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.

The career isn't guaranteed for as long as you might want to play.

I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a steppingstone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

Right now, if you're a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can't get a better job.