Charlie Adam Quotes

Good people climb quickly - just like in a company.

I have to be patient and try to take my opportunity when the boss decides I have to play.

Write and create as much as you can, because if you're sitting around waiting for someone to give you a well-round, interesting, incredible role on a silver platter, you're going to be a real cute skeleton covered in cobwebs when that happens.

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.

I would say if you do have ambitions, don't just wait around. Go out and make yourself as well-qualified as possible so you can take that rare opportunity when it comes along.

I just try to take the best opportunities that I can get.

When you take on more than the norm, your boss can't help but think that you're capable of a bigger role. This includes showing that you're willing to take risks by making innovative suggestions.

If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.

As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.

You start where you can get an opportunity, you take everything that you can do to gain entrance. You do the little work and you try to find people who can teach you.

I regard office as not an end but an opportunity.

Theoretically, every probationary officer has a chance to become chairman.

Senior officials are always looking for good juniors, so when the opportunity comes, they give you the responsibilities.

As soon as I came to L.A., things immediately shifted for me. I was now actually here with the people who were making the decisions; I wasn't out in New York sending in tapes to L.A.

Everyone needs an opportunity in life. I was given an opportunity as a manager, and you try and take it.

The manager wants to show his tactics, and if I do them perfectly, he'll pick me.

Whenever a new manager comes in you want to impress him.

Nobody was like, 'Kimberly, we're going to let you anchor general news or host a show or do any of that.' I at first started out doing legal analysis, but I had to make the case to my bosses... give me a shot, give me a chance, and I was able to do that: say, 'Let me fill in. Let me show you my range. Nothing to lose here - it's the holidays.'

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 always said the whole time all I was waiting for was an opportunity and a chance to get my foot in the door.

There's some days you start to think, 'When is my chance going to come?' As a professional, you always have that at the back of your mind.

All I did was make the best of the opportunity that I got in 'Company.'