Nadine Velazquez Quotes

I've always been ambitious to be very good at what I do.

I like to see a driven kid: somebody who wants to come from the ground up. I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.

I've always strived to be successful, not famous.

I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard.

I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

If ambition is the desire to be the best at what you do, then I'm guilty.

It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.

I kind of lived by the code of 'I'm going to be a hard-working guy.' And no matter how successful, there is something I can do better. That's kind of the drive I live on.

I really want to do good work. I really do. My priority isn't stardom.

There's that talent thing where I can score goals, and there's also that want and ambition to keep doing it and doing it and doing it. I've seen a lot of players do it for a year and then they rest on their laurels, but I've been very driven throughout my career. Without being the most talented, I think I've tried to make the most of it.

I want to do the best and be the best at what I do.

I always saw myself going down the path of success.

I want to be the best Egyptian ever, so I work hard.

I wasn't fighting in this sport from the beginning for any other reason than being the best.

I had no sense of 'Gotta work hard to be famous.' Never have done, and still don't.

It's good to be busy. I prefer that than sitting back and enjoying life.

In my mind, I always felt like I was worthy. I really felt like, with my career and just the way I did it, it was Hall of Fame-worthy.

The biggest thing my parents gave me was this feeling of, not 'dream big,' but strive big.

I work hard and do things the way they're supposed to be done just so I can have success out here. I always want more.

Average is very acceptable in our society but I don't think the angels are applauding. If you are determined to be excellent, to not back out of it, you will reap a harvest in your life.

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.

If you do the bare minimum, expect bare minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great. Nothing just happens

A lot of things drive me. What it comes down to is that I want to be the best.