Tina Turner Quotes

You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.'

I never worry about whether or not I'll find a job.

Stop overanalyzing how you 'feel' about your job and focus on being great at it. That will lead to bigger and better opportunities.

I do not look at the end of my career with any fear.

I never felt my career was going backwards.

I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it.

At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.

I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.

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.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

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

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.

I've worked with people at different stages of their careers and different success levels, and one thing I've noticed about the guys at the top is they're so relaxed and calm - it's about not having anything to prove except doing good work.

Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working; you know what I'm saying?

I had a good career. I've been very fortunate.

I'm hoping that the administration and other thought leaders will succeed eventually in bringing the country back to the older idea that the American dream is having a career, getting a job, and getting involved in it, and doing well. That was the core of the good life.

I've been doing my job well for 17 years. People must see something in me. Otherwise, I'd be over and out.

I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that.

If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good.

Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.

One thing about me, as far as my career is concerned, is that I'm very confident. I know I'm good.

The longer you're stuck in a position that doesn't truly challenge you, the less likely you'll be able to leave it. Inertia, in fact, is one of my worst fears.

My career has been very strange. My career is like a heart monitor. I get involved in a good project now and then to keep things going. And then I make things that I work on that I hope are going to be good so I can make a living and keep a roof over the heads of those little monsters I have in my house.