Donald Pleasence Quotes

Competitive feeling means you want do do good work. You can't lie about wanting to be on top. There is no reason for me to be insecure at this time. I would be insecure if I was sitting at home doing nothing, but I am in films now, and that's where I always wanted to be.

I'm satisfied with what I've done. I'm not satisfied with what has happened in my career, some of the real roadblocks I had to overcome.

I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.

If ambition is the desire to be the best at what you do, then I'm guilty.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.

I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career.

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

I want to go out there and do the best work I can.

Performance is always something that will be a part of my career.

I know it's not the most important thing for me to win the most Grand Slams and be remembered in this world. I certainly don't have to win little tournaments here, there and everywhere, I don't have to win at all. Although I do want to.

I don't think I'm a slacker, but I don't have aspirations to, like, conquer Hollywood. Or the world. Or anything.

I look at that 10 PGA Tour wins, and I say to myself, 'That's not enough,' and it isn't enough for me. It's just 10. I want more than 10.

The want to improve myself and win tournaments and see how far I go is crucial.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.

I want to have my career, not sit on the bench. I want to work hard, to push myself. I want to play.

The competitor within craves to get going, to get racing.

Now I want to push on, I don't want to be remembered for just winning one world title, I want to go on and win as many big tournaments as possible.

I'm just trying to do big things with my career all the time.

I've never been here to simply compete.

I'm not here for anything other than world championships. I don't want to be here driving around and finishing races and scoring points. I only want to win and if I can't do that - if I can't see that I have a future with wins and championships - then I'm not up for Formula One, I'll do something else where I can win.

I'm desperately ambitious, and one of the things I haven't been able to do at Everton is win a trophy.

For me, it's always been about the work - it wasn't about, 'Let's go break some ceilings.' I just wanted to tell an important story and do the best work I can. Everything else is secondary.

I want to be successful. That's what I want to be.

If you're not ambitious, there's no point in playing football.