Career Stability Quotes

I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.

I'm so blessed to have a chance to play 15 years in one spot. I know my position is different than most. But even in my position, guys that have played it this long, have probably already been with two or three different teams.

I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

I've never been out of work in my whole life.

Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.

There's no doubt in my mind I'll finish my career with the Bears. However that works out, it works out. I can't imagine playing anywhere else.

Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.

I always made a living as an actor when I came to California. I never had to do anything else.

Part of the reason why my folks - why any immigrant family - wants their kids to go into law or medicine is because there's the promise of reliable work. That's a powerful idea that got hammered into my head growing up: Be this thing, or else you'll starve.

Doing films as an actor, you spend maybe 40 percent of the year doing your chosen profession. If you are on a successful TV show, you spend 80 percent of your year doing the thing you love.

I really thought about being on one team for my entire career, and that was really important to me.

I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job.

I have no desire to switch companies or go to UFC or anything like that.

Advertising was fairly simple work, and I really just wanted a job where I could sit and write every day and not get fired for it like I had at other jobs, but it was fun.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

I could very well see myself ending my professional career at Kaiserslautern.

Great careers are getting easier to find and audition for, but harder to keep.

If I were going to stay in coaching, I would have stayed right there because I was totally happy.

Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.

However, I'm at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don't have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I'm not immediately recognizable.

I'm really lucky to be in the TV industry and to have a regular yearly contract. That gives me security.

I don't care where I'm at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That's about it.

We may at times be unemployed, but no one ever becomes uncalled.

I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.