Clint Dempsey Quotes

Getting the chance at 40 to make up stories that other people would draw and other people would then read is pretty weird.

I'm a late developer in everything. I have a fast mind and fast metabolism, and I'm an intense worker, but in terms of life development, I'm way behind.

For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.

I didn't have any success in show business until I was 30 to 31 years of age.

Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.

I didn't have a teen age at all. I didn't even look at boys, never mind... then suddenly it was like, 'Oh my god!' So I made up for a lot of lost time very quickly. It was kind of bonkers. Working hard, partying hard - but also experiencing life, you know.

I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I wasn't especially good at anything, and I didn't have a lot of experiences. I was just a young woman without a good job.

I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of being able to really do stuff hasn't worn off - I still feel like I'm making up for lost time.

I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voice I was always too... genue. My career has completely happened since I was 29.

I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old.

If you botch a handoff or stutter step in a relay, then your team has to make up that lost time. It's always you versus the clock.

Came to acting pretty late. It looked wonderful, but I guess I was intimidated by my father. I look a bit like him, and he was so much bigger than life and so great, it took me a bit longer than most people to have enough confidence in myself.

I am always in a rush because time is slipping away, and I am chasing it, chasing it.

I didn't get one word published until I was well into my 30s. But I always tried.

I've talked to a bunch of big men who told me they didn't really start playing basketball until seventh or eighth grade. That wasn't the situation with me.

Now that I'm in my late 40s, I'm trying to make up for a little bit of lost musicals time.

When you become a wrestler at 35 and your career takes off at 40, nobody believes in you. But there are some people out there who watch how I did it, and I did it through intense work ethic.

When I look at character artistes, they begin after 40. For instance, Boman Irani took up his first film after he was 40. Since I too, am in my 40s, I think I am finally getting to be in my zone.

I'd love a racing career, but as I didn't start until I was 28 I missed years of experience.

I started playing basketball at such a late age.

I started very late in the game, and it hasn't changed my path to success.

I started music late.

The greatest obstacle in 'Tetris' is time and one's own ability to navigate it - kind of like life itself.