I was never jealous of my best friend. But I was envious of his talent. I had achieved my ambition of being in a band and playing live and I wanted him to go on and realize his talent as much as he did.

I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.

If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.

He has ambition and hunger, but I would not say Messi is the only piece of art at Barca.

I just haven't had that level of ambition in terms of being a lead in a film or a TV series because I'm really content.

Ambition is important for any manager or coach, owner or director.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

For me, it's ambition. You want more, always. When you achieve one step you need to get the second step.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

I have no desire to play King Lear or Hamlet. I never had a grand ambition. I just followed my nose.

The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.

In Britain, it's almost as if we're ashamed of having ambition and drive.

You have to show you have ambition as a team, as a group of players; show you want to win. Otherwise, in my opinion, you can't win a tournament.

The opportunity beckoned me to play for England, but I chose Nigeria because it has always been my ambition to play for the Super Eagles.

I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.

Putin wants to restore the Russian empire. That's his ambition; he's stated it many times.

My stupid ambition is to make a film that's not like any other - one that has its own kind of logic and hooks viewers without making them think too much. It's a film I'd love to see, one in which after 10 minutes the audience isn't able to predict the whole thing.

I feel that my drive and ambition is more American, while the passionate, laid-back side of me is all Brazilian.

I have no limits to my ambition for the Liberal Democrats.

It would be suicide in the American academy to show too early an interest beyond your doctoral specialization: charges of everything from charlatanry to ambition would be levied and tenure denied. I've seen this first-hand.