Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Quotes

I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.

The downside of dabbling in different industries is that you don't have your roots anywhere and you don't know where your real demand is.

It's hard work if you want a proper and a lasting career.

I really want to make this the last stop of my career. I don't want to be a vagabond, so to speak, and be traveling from team to team, year in and year out. I'm not that type of guy. I like to be settled.

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

As long as I can contribute, I'll continue working.

A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.

I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.

Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump. His attention will be more on the other things than on the job at hand and so he will fail.

One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.

I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.

I'm working hard since the beginning of my career.

I don't know how to do nothing else. I started out doing what I do, and I try to stick to what I'm doing.

The more I spend at one position, the more I can dive into those details.

My generation was advised to focus on one area to excel.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it.

Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.

I don't believe in doing everything and being mediocre at all of them. I believe in being good at one thing.

I'm not the kind of guy who dabbles in a lot of things.

My main hobby is working. I love what I do.

If I'm enjoying something, I'd like to be able to just have it all. Frankly, that's the way I'm approaching my career now. I'm a total workaholic.

If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.

I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now.

I don't do one show and wish I was doing something else.