Dolph Ziggler Quotes

Obviously, I've been very lucky in general in my career, but I feel that I've been very lucky in terms of having directors come along at the right times who have taken me to the next level of where I needed to be.

The biggest thing I learned at Wisconsin was, it's all who you work for, not where you work or what level.

Having the opportunity to work with someone like Beyonce is definitely going to hopefully open a few doors.

Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.

I've gotten an opportunity to work with a lot of the people I've looked up to over the years, and I feel pretty grateful for it.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had.

Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.

California has been very good to me in terms of the professional arena.

Mentors and sponsors, particularly in the early stages of my career, were invaluable to me because they encouraged me to raise my hand and take opportunities to build my capabilities.

I've been fortunate in life to benefit from family, educators, work colleagues, and a set of mentors and sponsors, all of whom did not hesitate to offer and support me with every opportunity to achieve what I set out to do.

Everything that ever happened to me in my career, Trump was the first guy to pick up the phone and reach out to me.

You're college graduates now, so use your education. Remember: It's not who you know, it's whom.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

The thing is, I wasn't surrounded by lots of people who were helping me build a career.

I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.

I've just been lucky. I'd like to have more choices, and I'd like to have a leading part.

I think fame comes from actually doing something big with your career.

If you do good work, you start to make a name for yourself and things can come around. Weird little happenstances happen.

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

I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.

As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears. The credibility challenges you have during your growing up years starts disappearing when you start demonstrating success.

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

Where you live matters. Whatever you're doing, there's usually only one place where the top people go. You should go there. Don't settle for anywhere else. Meeting my heroes and learning from them gave me a huge advantage. Your heroes are part of your circle, too - follow them. If the real action is happening somewhere else, move.

I want to get to a point in my career where I can be a role model. A good one. I want to say, 'I got here without drugs, and I got here without drinking or smoking. If I can do it, you can do it. I have no doubt.' I really want kids to have a chance in life.