Ambition Quote by Hilary Mantel

Like any working-class boy growing up in north London, I wanted to be a footballer.

— Martin Kemp

My idea of success was to be a boy - possibly because my brothers, Leon and Arthur, were my father's pride and joy, whereas…

— Lucille Kallen

None of my ambitions were serious as a girl. One week I wanted to be a lawyer, the next a binman.

— Katie Piper

I always wanted to better myself as a young lad growing up in Northern Ireland and kept believing that I could make it as…

— Stuart Dallas

I always wanted to be going out on loan and playing football and maturing as a goalkeeper.

— Jordan Pickford

When I was 14, I started playing for Taye Academy in the city of Owerri, and then my whole life became football. I dreamed…

— Kelechi Iheanacho

I think the first thing that I thought I would go and do as a career was be a rugby player. I had a…

— Phil Dunster

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

— Scott Thompson

I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things,…

— Morgan Freeman

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as…

— Will Kemp

I started as an athlete, a fencer and then I decided to go abroad to become a trainee, and then be in a group…

— Jackson Wang

I actually was a ballet dancer - I studied ballet from three until 13 - but like very seriously, that's what I wanted to…

— Solange Knowles