#Career

"It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be."

"Monetary success is not success. Career success is not success. Life, someone that loves you, giving to others, doing something that makes you feel complete and full. That is success. And it isn't dependent on anyone else."

"I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well."

"Yeah, I miss it. You don't just break off a friendship you've had with a sport, and with all those you've met all over the country. We've got some friends, some very close friends, and you just sit back and think how fortunate you were having a career like that. And, actually, there's nothing in the game of baseball that hasn't happened to me."

"The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love."

"The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits."

"In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence."

"Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day."

"D.C. fans, I think, are so good. They just come up to me, and they're so nice and so polite and just, 'Hey, I hope you have a great career,' and 'How are you doing, everything's good?' That's pretty much where they leave it at."

"Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success."

"I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can."

"Your education is important because with only a few words you can show an employer the depth of your potential."

"I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay."

"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."

"If I never got to make a living doing what I loved, I'd still do it--for fun and for free."

"A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible."

"I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome."

"I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person."

"Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career."

"I enjoy my life. I think I have a very good life. And I think I'm very satisfied with the direction of my career and just my lifestyle and everything like that. So I wouldn't change a single thing."