Mohamed Bamba Quotes

I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.

You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?

Even when you're not acting, don't lose sight of your goals or who you are.

When you know where you want to go, you're mentally tough.

I don't really miss anything, I'm so focussed on what I have to do - I'm so focussed on my work - that I don't miss any creature comforts.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

I know where my priorities lie.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all.

To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is.

I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

I never do anything half-heartedly. I will continue to work hard and play hard and do everything I can to be successful, whatever I do.

I'm no less focused than any of my peers. They live a different life. They go home; they are not pictured at events. I train just as much as them, maybe more.

I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.

The people who work with me know how focused I am, and so I would advise people who are not concerned with me to rather focus on themselves instead of focusing on my focus.

I'm just a really hardworking person.

I know what my goals are, and I always keep that in the forefront of my mind.