Samantha Shannon Quotes

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

I want to be the best, so whatever comes with that, I'll have to accept.

Whitney Cummings is one of the hardest working people I know, and she's very motivated.

I was very determined. The straight-A girl. I wanted to succeed. Driven. Let's face it: very driven.

I'm ambitious. I work hard.

Right from my childhood, whenever I have taken up a task, I have been an achiever.

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

I always knew I wanted to work hard at something.

I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can.

I'm just working hard because I know that's the way you can get things done. That's how I've been able to be successful.

I think hard work is what gets most people to the top.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

In reality, nobody gets successful in America by being lazy.

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

My philosophy all my life has been the pursuit of excellence.

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.

People that I know, the vast majority, who are successful work really, really hard. Sure, there's some people that either get lucky or inherited it or don't have to work hard for some reason, but the vast majority who are successful work really, really hard.

Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.

People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it.

When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are.

Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.