Summer Phoenix Quotes

I love what I do, and I love doing it, and I love getting better at it. I just am not willing to risk... Much... to go on to the next level. I don't want to risk my personal sanity or happiness or my family or the love of my life.

I don't ever want to get too comfortable in my career or life. My nature is such that I'm always looking for new challenges.

I like the possibility of failure. I don't want to be in a comfortable zone.

Football's no different from any other workplace. If you're not doing the job you think you're capable of, it's frustrating. And I'm aiming for the stars. I'm not content with being in the shadows.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

I love to be challenged, and I'm never sitting comfortable in the mediocrity chair.

I've got a lot that I want to do, so I would like to expand my empire, for sure. I love it.

When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions.

I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged.

I would love to stay at SNL forever. But you can't stay in the same place. People think you're a loser.

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than... just eating breakfast, you know?

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That's how I've gotten to where I am.

This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'

In my career the push has always been to take another step, to try something new.

I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But I don't need to be. I just want to be here. That's it.

If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.

You can't be a professional rejector of opportunities.

The turning point for me was realizing that I would learn more at Google, trying to build a company, regardless of whether we failed or succeeded, than I would at any of the other companies I had offers from.

There's nothing wrong with being respected by your peers. There's nothing wrong with trying to do your best. There's nothing wrong with success. There's not even anything wrong with trying to get a raise. There's nothing wrong with that.

I'm very happy, safe, and secure with television industry. I'm not over-ambitious.

Throughout my career, I have always played it safe with the kind of roles I've taken up.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

I think in any profession, in general, you always imagine yourself at the top of it. And I'm not trying to say I'm at the top of my profession, but I've seen what the top people do and what the top people live like. And that's definitely something I want to be a part of.

I've always done pretty well for myself here in the U.K., but I was never going to be content being a big fish in a small pond.