James Milner Quotes

I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.

What I love about how my career has gone up to this point is that I've always, always put my head down on my pillow at night, and I've been able to say that I've done, honestly, what I've felt like I wanted to do. And that's really all you can hope for in everything you do.

If you can build your career around your passions, then you're winning in life; that's one of the best things you can ask for.

I would say this in terms of my career, that my career provided me with everything that I wanted, and I think a man is fortunate if he can say that at the end of his life.

I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.

I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.

The time to think about personal achievement is at the end of your career.

When I end my career, I don't need to win eight championships, I'd rather have done something special.

When I retire, I'm going to go home and say, 'I played for what?' You know, if I don't win anything.

I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.

I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative.

If you're lucky enough to pick what you do, that's the greatest career you can have. Ultimately, that's my goal: to have choices.

Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing.

I don't look at things goin', 'Oh, is this gonna make me rich? Is this gonna make me a star? Am I gonna win awards?' If all that stuff happens, great. Who cares? I still have to wake up in the morning and go to work and be happy to do it.

It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. Which is many people's goal.

I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face.

Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn't have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I'm doing like him, I'd be lucky.

I don't believe I want to retire, because I just enjoy and love my work so much.

I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in terms of this company that I have for so many years.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.

My work... is my legacy.

I'm just gonna be real grateful to be on any freaking movie set for the rest of my life.

For me, the money isn't a big issue. I'm at the end of my career and I'm just happy to play.

I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested in living.