Danny Amendola Quotes

I have always been ambitious about getting a U.S. role, and if ever there is some frustration, it is still encouraging to get close to big roles because it implies there is somewhere to go.

I wasn't playing at Arsenal, and I was frustrated. I was doing everything I could do, looking after myself, scoring, and playing in the Europa League then when the cup came, but it wasn't enough for me, and I wanted more.

Wanting more majors, wanting more wins, almost feels like I think I'm being too greedy.

I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.

It is something I would like to do, to be a manager, but that's not assuming I will be. It's something that I can strive towards and see where it takes us.

I want to play for a big club.

I traced the marley floor with my pointe shoes, and imagine myself on the stage, not as a member of the corps, but as a principal dancer. It felt right. It felt like a promise. Some day, somehow, it was going to happen for me.

I was always happy off the court at Golden State. It was on the court that I was frustrated.

I may be an aspiring actor, but I am also a realist.

I have always wanted to fight no matter what position I am in, and whether that is Liverpool or England, I need to do more, and I need to do better because you have younger players, or players get signed for the club who push you and want to take your place, and you have to be better than them.

When I got into the business of entertainment, I did it for a reason. I didn't do it to not be successful. I did it to be successful. And to hopefully get to the highest level that I possibly could. Thus far, I'm achieving those goals. That doesn't make you stop. That doesn't make you complacent. It makes you want to do more.

When I was younger, I used to always think making it to the NBA would be the coolest thing in the world. I'd dream about it every day. But as you progress and you attain that goal, then you realize the coolest thing is the effect you can have on people, and kids especially.

Being a model is a large part of who I am, and acting is my life's passion.

Not saying that guys in the NBA don't play for heart, but once you get that money, you're under a different mindset. But when you're trying to get there and get on this level, you're more hungry.

My first dream was Broadway.

For the moment, I haven't ended my career. I'm young. There are still a lot of goals.

I had pinned all my hopes on the theater.

Goals are good. Laboring with a distant aim sets the mind in a higher key and puts us at our best.

The common denominator is that we have guys who are really hungry to show what they can do.

I have no understanding as to why you wouldn't try to make what you're passionate about work for you.

I'm waking up to say I tried, instead of waking up to another TV guide.

Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

We strain hardest for things which are almost but not quite within our reach.

To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.'