Alun Wyn Jones Quotes

You weigh your pros and cons and what's real. You want to play baseball? Yeah. You want to go to school? If that's the best option, than that is what it is.

I don't really know why I went to law school.

I can't say that dropping out of school at 16 to join the Marines was my best idea. On the other hand, maybe it was. Who knows?

I haven't always made all of the right decisions from a career perspective, but things worked out in the end.

My two sisters were always cooking. I wanted to be in the police force, but I didn't get in because I just so happened to procrastinate a bit, and I hadn't gotten my application in at the right time.

I used to worry about what would happen five or 10 years from now, but I don't anymore. I thought about going to medical school because that has always interested me, but decided against it.

I was so envious of everyone who went to Sylvia Young Theatre School. I wanted to go, but my dad flat-out refused. He thought I'd become some tapdancing freak without qualifications. And he was right in a way. I'm glad I didn't go. That might have changed.

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way.

McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands.

I don't have regret about things I've done that are successful or not successful or what people perceive or don't know or whatever. I just know for me it had to be the right choice at the time. Sometimes that choice is just about getting a job.

I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.

I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.

Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

I tried to really look at what's best for my career, what's best for my life, what's best for my family, for me.

When we are caught up in the nature of our work and are asked to take on another job or position, rarely do we step back and ask ourselves, 'What do I really want to do? What is it at this point in my career and life that is important to me?'

I had to decide between doing 'Issaq' and continuing school and I chose 'Issaq.'

When I started with 'Cocktail,' I was trying to figure out if this was something I wanted to do.

As a player you need to make whatever decision you think is best for your career.

It's not easy to decide what is best for you in the future.

There are times when I wish I would have gotten a degree, but the past is history, and tomorrow's a mystery.

Everything has an opportunity cost, and the big things we want in life - like happiness and healthy relationships and wealth - they all have big opportunity costs.

My career direction has probably been guided as much by curiosity and my personality as by my early influences.

I had my foot in both worlds. I knew what I didn't want, and so I had to make a choice, just like N.W.A. made choices.

In life, you have to weigh everything up, even when they are just decisions about your career.