After I left the podium in Atlanta, I felt so fulfilled in my career that I lost my desire to compete at that level again.
I think the people who experienced the Apollo missions came away from that experience wondering to themselves, 'When can we get a chance to experience spaceflight?' I've heard that many, many times: that people got into a new career field hoping that they would be able to experience spaceflight.
I had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to study but all of a sudden, I had a career in music. It really surprised me.
Since very early in my career, I have always did my own stunt fighting.
I consider myself lucky to have had wonderful teachers. They expose you to a lot and basically teach you how to paint. I think of my career as a series of lucky incidents.
Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.
How often does the tightrope walker balance when walking across the tightrope? All the time! It is the same thing if you really want to have a successful career, and you want to have a happy home life. It is a matter of balance.
List 20 things you are going to do in the next 30 days to fast-start your career. Then take action on at least one of them.
There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.
It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.
Sometimes you get caught up in what's going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if you're not just a regular guy.
I don't plan in terms of career ambitions. The only career ambition I have is to work with people who are going to bring you up and elevate your performance. They'll let you know things that you didn't know already and bring you places that you might not have gotten to otherwise.
I gave up my childhood for a career.
All I could think about was, 'I just wanna blow him away. I wanna make him proud, because I really wanna sign with Timbaland and spend the rest of my career making music with Tim.'
Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son.
The blues is something separate from what I do. They connect at certain spots, but blues is different. I wouldn't put it in with what my career has been. That would be a whole separate wing.
The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.
Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life - like diving with great white sharks. It can expose you to influential people who could open doors for you.
In my career the push has always been to take another step, to try something new.
When I was coming up in the '80s television, if you were on television that meant either you were a young actor just coming up like I was, or you were an older actor whose career was over and you had to go on television.
Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
I have competed before empty stadiums a lot in my career.
I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.
Life is about making tough choices. Sometimes you have to go where your career is going.
People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.
