Jack Canfield Quotes

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

Well, I think I've had a fairly meandering career.

As my athletic career was coming to an end in 2007, I asked myself, do I want to work for somebody, or go out and make a difference?

I believe in career cycles and when one is close to ending you start to plan things. It's the moment for a change.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them.

I finished up my graduate degree in quantum mechanics, but underwent a bit of a personal crisis, recognizing that I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. It was too abstract, too far removed from human concerns.

I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.

I didn't want to come to the end of my career and think, 'What next?'

When I came back to Hong Kong in 1992, I decided to pursue a new career challenge.

Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.

I've moved on with my life and I'm trying to find a path to re-establish my career.

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

The time to realize that you need to transition out of your job is when you know that you've grown out of the role that you were doing before.

I don't want to think of life after competing. But if I were to do anything else I'd go down the psychology route. That's what interests me.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.

As soon as I got my proper first job, I never did acting again. I think the last thing I did was a Mike Figures film, and then I got a series with the BBC. I'm glad of the experience, because I think it's very, very good to understand what actors go through.

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.

I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind.

After 'Raymond,' there was this big feeling of, 'What do I do next?'

Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.

And I discovered after a couple years that I really didn't miss making movies.

I don't use the techniques I learned at NYU much anymore.