Adebayo Akinfenwa Quotes

In my early career, I look at that time as a series of trial and error and learning as I go.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

I've been fortunate that my career has developed through on-the-job training.

I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.

You take the job, you learn from it, and you move on.

I would encourage everyone in their first job not to ask themselves, 'Where do I want to be?' but 'What do I want to learn from this?' Use that opportunity to be a sponge.

Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.

Wow, I think you grow all the time when you're working. You start the job and by the end of it, if it's a long one, you kind of say, 'My God, I was so different at the start of this job.' I always feel like I've changed for the better with each one.

I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

Whatever it is you want to do, take a job in that field. You will learn by experience and, slow and steady, you'll get it done!

I feel that working now is the way for me to learn things, whether it's languages or another activity.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

If you do your job properly you usually learn a lot from any role you do.

I think the best thing you can hope for, as you continue on, is to learn so much from every job.

I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.

I had years of experience that I still needed to accumulate and go through.

Every job I take, I really want to learn something.

If you're early on in your career and they give you a choice between a great mentor or higher pay, take the mentor every time. It's not even close. And don't even think about leaving that mentor until your learning curve peaks.

I've worked really hard in this industry and feel I've learnt a few things along the way.

Life is like school. You aren't going to be born knowing what to do in every situation. You learn little by little.

I'm excited about developing as a Diva and finding where my place is in this company.