Adam Thielen Quotes

I went from thinking I could be a manager to thinking I could do something much bigger than that.

I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1.

It's a constant progression, and as long as you're constantly striving to be better, you're headed in the right direction.

I want to be bigger than everybody.

I've coached a lot of teams and moved up gradually and tried to succeed and tried to have success at every level. When that happens, you just continue to wonder if you can keep doing it one more level.

I have to work my way up. There's nothing guaranteed in this league.

Every situation can be substantially improved; even the sky is not the limit.

There's a lot of people on the way up who want to take my place, so it's up to me to continue to improve.

Your dream is a good one. [. . .] The desire that is the very root of life itself: To grow until all the space you can see is part of you, under your control. It's the desire for greatness.

I'm always looking for the next challenge.

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

I stand ready to lead us down a different path where we're lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success.

I want to get more and more sophisticated. I'm ready to go from being a kid to being a king.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I feel like I haven't done my best work yet. I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.

Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.

After 13 years, I couldn't accept to be number two.

I don't intend to stay around any longer than I feel I can be No. 1.

I get more ambitious every decade, and I am more ambitious today than ever before. I still love the game - and the thrill of the chase.

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

When I entered films, I rose to the top. In business, too, I want to be at the top.

One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.

It's all about progression, not getting stuck and about having aspirations, which can lead you to do more and not just be satisfied. I was always that way about my dancing, and that's how I am about whatever it is I tend to pursue.

There is always room at the top.

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.