Lee Iacocca Quotes

CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me. But I simply want to try something new.

I felt within myself that I needed to change what I was doing. I needed a new stimuli. So the interest from Manchester United was a perfect fit.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

I'm definitely in a place where I'm looking for different than what I've done in the past, just so I can go to work and do something I haven't done before.

Honestly, six months before getting 'Orange Is the New Black,' I remember telling my manager I was done.

There are ills that happen for good.

My decision to leave Impact had nothing to with their business or finances and everything with me wanting to challenge myself to something new.

When work starts feeling too comfortable, fire yourself; go get another job.

I think the defining moment in my career is the day that I moved to Nashville - September 1, 2001. That's the biggest step to getting here is making that move. Anything that happens, the wonderful opportunities that happen to you, can't happen until you make that move.

Even though it has been very painful, lots of opportunities have come forward journalistically. Once all of this blows over, I think it might actually help that I have gotten this attention.

When I made the decision to stop working regionally and just focus on being in New York, part of the reason that instigated that choice was a desire to work on new plays and know what it was to originate a part.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.

There are a lot of new opportunities that are poking their head up in my future. I've been very fortunate that way, but for right now, what I like is what I'm doing.

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few years before that, it might be time to start looking for something new.

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

I wanted to quit Nichia. I didn't care about anything. It was OK for them to fire me. I was not afraid of anything.

That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do.

It was a terrible blow that was dealt when I was fired from 'Saturday Night Live', but I have to say that a few doors opened right away. Movie roles started to roll in, and pretty soon, I was over it.

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work.

When great evils happen, I am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them …

I had a great ten years at Fox, but it's also been fun being a free agent.

I was with the Steelers, and I got cut, and I remember, when I left, I was relieved.