Mark V. Hurd Quotes

CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me. But I simply want to try something new.

And so I'm still giving some thought - I will transition hopefully into the corporate world. And I look forward to getting involved in several other areas that I have a great interest in.

I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity.

After I finished university and started going to auditions again, and I also did a bunch of other jobs. I worked in the insurance industry, the digital media industry; I worked in a financial services company for three years.

When I left university, I idled around without focus for much too long.

I don't think I'm going to change jobs at this point.

A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much the same as what was offered last year and a few years before that, it might be time to start looking for something new.

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

I decided I would never do interviews again.

There have been periods of my career that I haven't worked for a really long time, like seven or eight months.

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?

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

I have no desire to switch companies or go to UFC or anything like that.

I've had several different careers.

After working as a charter boat captain and dive master in the Caribbean for a number of years, I decided it was time for a change.

Right before I came back to TNA, I had made the decision to just sort of step away from wrestling. Therefore I really walked into TNA holding nothing back and let the chips fall where they fell.

When I graduated from Brown, I had a very limited conception of jobs, careers, and what I wanted to do. Basically, I figured I should do some kind of thought work that paid well, but I wasn't sure what.

When I left university, I didn't want to jump into anything right away. Music certainly wasn't a burning ambition.

When I was graduating college with an economics degree, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I was kind of scared. So I was just trying everything.

I believe I have a lot to offer when I finish football as well. I always said I didn't want to become a manager, but I changed that view.

Through process and preparation and going through all of the interviews, I've learned a lot about myself and my skills.

Being out of work is very depressing. But luckily I haven't been there for a long time.

Everybody is going to face adversity at some point, definitely when you leave college and try to get into the real world so to speak and get your first job.

I felt within myself that I needed to change what I was doing. I needed a new stimuli. So the interest from Manchester United was a perfect fit.

I learn a lot in interviews, I learn about how careers differ.