Mike Holmgren Quotes

I've never planned my career, really. It just comes along, and I do whatever comes next!

I'm just like any person who is coaching in this league, I'm just looking for an opportunity, that's all.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.

As far as post-'SNL' career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I'll do it, you know?

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

Have a goal. Know where you want to end up. Knowing where you want to end up is a lot easier than figuring out how to start and how to get there. You will figure out how to get there. Do not chart your career. Trust me; you do not want to chart your career.

Stop looking for the 'right' career, and start looking for a job. Any job. Forget about what you like. Focus on what's available. Get yourself hired. Show up early. Stay late. Volunteer for the scut work. Become indispensable. You can always quit later, and be no worse off than you are today.

I have always treated golf as a job. Back in the day it was in a pro shop. That win opened another door, it was a way to jumping on the stepping stone to where I am today. That's the mental attitude you need to keep succeeding.

If you work hard, no career should be off-limits.

I don't have a career plan. I've never done that. Things happen accidentally and I've been lucky.

You know, it looks like I have a varied resume or a varied career, that I've made interesting choices, when the truth of the matter is, in a way I've just kind of piece-mealed a career together, you know?

I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That you really should, in terms of your career, try to be excellent at what you're doing. I think if you focus on your job, and you focus on being broad in the context of your job, the next jobs follow from that.

I have been constantly shaping and reshaping my career. I laid a foundation by doing respectful work in all media. And I am happy with what I have done.

Regarding one's career: always be prepared, no short cuts - hard work is the only alternative that really works.

Most professional women I know - myself included - long since gave up looking for a rulebook or a roadmap; we make it up as we go along. Every day presents a new choice, a new challenge, which makes long-term career planning seem like an especially abstract exercise.

I've never really had much of a career plan, and interesting opportunities kept cropping up.

I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.

I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps.

You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard.

I just want a really varied career, and just to keep going, really.

There's never a surefire good career move except doing good work.

It's important to put all I have into my career.

My career has always thrived on hard work and good relationships with people I work with and just continuing grinding.

On a career level, I always advise people to look ahead and be open to changes in direction. That job that seems so good now can easily turn into a nightmare if you do not see the possible corners it can land you in.