I've been asked to interview for many managing jobs, and I never said yes because I was never serious about it, and I thought it would be wrong to go through that process.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Related I've never conformed to what my record label has said and, yes, that has meant that it's bee... CHARLI XCX I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about i... ROBERT KENNEDY Had I been older, I would've never been able to pull it off because I would've analyzed it t... FRANK ABAGNALE I had been asked several times before but just never really gave it serious thought. JACKIE WILLIAMS I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been drive... KEVIN GARNETT Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will. REBECCA ROMIJN STAMOS I had long been resistant to doing a documentary about my mother for personal reasons. And I thought... RORY KENNEDY I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative ... LARRY KING I vividly remember coming for an interview [for his job] - many interviews - and I was asked if I wo... DAVID WILSON I vividly remember coming for an interview [for his job] - many interviews - and I was asked if I wo... DAVID WILSON Honestly, I never thought I'd actually be playing a teen lesbian. I didn't think it was goin... NAYA RIVERA I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenw... DIABLO CODY I've been to Bali twice and Marrakech twice. I thought Vienna was great. I will take girlfriends... EION BAILEY All of my buddies and I wanted to be Cal Ripken. STEVE CLEVENGER It was very moving for me to start on the ride today because I never thought I would be here. BILL WEST Nobody's ever asked me to pay for a meal before I've eaten it, I've never been pulled ov... WENTWORTH MILLER First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would dr... PAUL MICHAEL GLASER I've never declined to do an interview. KEN LIVINGSTONE There are roles I have said no to, but for different reasons. And, I never talk about those because ... PENELOPE CRUZ Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and un... RAFAEL PALMEIRO I've never been in a competition before, and I said I'm going to go. I think - I just love t... FANTASIA BARRINO I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a ... EMMY ROSSUM I never thought I'd say the sentence 'It was a real honour' - because that implies that ... ELLIE GOULDING I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thoug... TOM WOLFE I've never gone into an interview in my life and said that we can't talk about something. AUBREY O'DAY I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up. SAMUEL L. JACKSON I've never been a yes man. ROGERS HORNSBY Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season ... ALAN HANSEN I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything i... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS The recruitment process has been going on for a couple of months. When they called and asked if I wa... AUGIE GHIO The person I've always wanted to interview but never met was Richard Burton. CHARLIE ROSE The little song and dance number at the end - that's me, my voice, howling out. It was a new exp... HUGH DANCY People have said to me, 'It must be nice to prove so many people wrong,' but I've never ... DANIEL BRYAN I've never been a big horror genre fan, but I did go see 'Nightmare on Elm Street' in th... JACKIE EARLE HALEY I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by ... SOPHIA LOREN I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime. TOMMY CHONG I made a mistake to go after him that day. I thought it was too important but I never said the thing... LANCE ARMSTRONG When people talk about the '60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but ... CHARLIE WATTS I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played... EDDIE MARSAN I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I ... BABETTE MARCH I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame. ELLE MACPHERSON Everything I've been through, everything I'm about to go through in my career and my life, i... KARL MALONE I can understand why Cal Ripken wanted to keep playing, ... It's a rarity. I think it defined my car... JERRY GREEN I've never been to Thailand and I've only heard good things about it. I really want to make ... IZABEL GOULART Once -- many, many years ago -- I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I h... JOHN FOSTER DULLES We've been asked to do 'Playboy' together, me and Victoria, as a pair. I don't think... DAVID BECKHAM I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm al... AARON ECKHART Once - many, many years ago - I thought I made a wrong decision. Of course, it turned out that I had... JOHN FOSTER DULLES I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to ... PATRICK EWING I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy. KAREN MCDOUGAL I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. I... DAVID BOWIE Actually, I never really thought I would be a model. I never knew a lot about fashion and magazines,... ADRIANA LIMA I've never asked for special treatment along the way. And I'm never going to hide the fact t... DANICA PATRICK One thing I've been thinking about is taking the social issues out of national politics. For exa... JOE WURZELBACHER There have been times when I've been asked to do things and I've thought, 'This is great... BILLY CAMPBELL You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harr... CASSANDRA CLARE I've been an assistant for seven years now and I haven't had one head coaching interview. I&... PATRICK EWING When I started I never thought I would do another because it was too much work. SALLY ANDERSON I've been through my fair share of highs and lows. Yes, I've been written off, and it amazes... SHILPA SHETTY A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occu... PETER O'TOOLE It never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. Y... KRISTAN HIGGINS I never even thought about being an actor. Somebody asked me if I'd like to learn the craft, and... MADS MIKKELSEN I'm utterly androgynous, and I truly love it. It's been part of my identity for so long. I... ERIN O'CONNOR I've never been passionate about just music, I've never seen myself going into music in that... GRANT GUSTIN I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want... LARRY WALL Often, I dream about work. For instance, the night before the Oscars, I dreamt about the Oscars and ... CARRIE ANN INABA I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever th... TAYLOR HAWKINS I'm utterly androgynous, and I truly love it. It's been part of my identity for so long. I... ERIN O'CONNOR It was so horrible. I've never been through one, and I don't want to go through another one. MARIA TORRES Imagine if I'd said, 'I have to be the best actress - I want that and nothing else.' I n... SALMA HAYEK I've never been a die-hard Beyonce fan. I always thought she was inspirational and beautiful. WINNIE HARLOW I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my b... WALTER ISAACSON I wanted to do it because I thought it was glamorous - and boy was I wrong. ANGIE TSCHANNEN I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra ... ANNA KENDRICK I always thought I was brave, but now I realize it it was only because there was never anything I re... EILEEN COOK It's like Scott Wolf, I never thought he looked like Tom Cruise until somebody said it and now t... JEREMY LONDON I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slowe... LEONARDO DICAPRIO I've been through a lot. I've thought a lot about life, and I've spent a lot of time stu... DAN BROWN I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced... AMY GRANT At times it's been weird because for the first phase of my career, I've been really well-kno... SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing. TAMALA JONES Before 'Titanic,' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy ... KATE WINSLET I've never been in a Sweat Lodge. I, myself, personally don't even like sitting in a sauna, ... HULK HOGAN I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it. MAE WEST I thought a thought which I never thought that it would be thought by me. VIKRANT PARSAI I've never really socialized; I've always been anti-social and preferred to be at home. I wa... MEGAN FOX I've been working in Haiti 28 years - I thought I'd sort of seen it... I've gone through... PAUL FARMER It was difficult. It was a feeling I never felt before. I thought it was serious at first. LEBRON JAMES It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind. EDMUND S. MUSKIE I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit o... DAMIEN HIRST I said just let me try one more time and she said, "THAT'S ENOUGH, ISABEL," again, and she could jus... AMY REED I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not i... KEN LIVINGSTONE I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that da... RICKY WILLIAMS Alex never asked that. He never, ever actually asked what I did. It was, 'What was I going to do? Wa... JAMES MCKENZIE I've been through the entire list of Polar problems. I knew it would be hard, but it's harde... LEWIS CLARKE Because I'm an American woman, and I write straight plays, it's always been sort of assumed ... THERESA REBECK I've never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt... TAYLOR SWIFT I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost... SANAA LATHAN Ought one to surrender to authority even if one believed that that authority was wrong? If the answe... RICHARD WRIGHT I've been getting it for so long. When I was a freshman in high school they said I wasn't good enoug... BEN VOOGD
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CAL RIPKEN, JR. I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball play... CAL RIPKEN, JR. Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If... CAL RIPKEN, JR. Even though my dad was a manager in the minor leagues, I still traveled around with him and saw it f... CAL RIPKEN, JR. You learn as a player not to listen to the criticism. Many of the people who put out that criticism ... CAL RIPKEN, JR. One person's going to win, and everybody else is going to not win. So let's not feel like we... CAL RIPKEN, JR. I had one of my best years in 1991; I was 31. I made a renewed effort to work harder. I got better a... CAL RIPKEN, JR. When things happen to you in the worst way, you live with it, you go over it, you think, 'What e... CAL RIPKEN, JR. I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a... CAL RIPKEN, JR. My dad had premature gray. 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When you are away from the game and busy with other areas, you realize that the world does not revol... CAL RIPKEN, JR. You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was hear Kirby laugh or see his smile and ... CAL RIPKEN JR I'm always flattered when someone thinks of me as a potential commissioner of baseball. CAL RIPKEN, JR. I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues. CAL RIPKEN, JR. Baseball's in my blood... I've found out the last couple of years I've got a big interest in teachin... CAL RIPKEN I don't want to think it's true. I'm in a state of denial, CAL RIPKEN That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, ... Until it's rid of steroids, people are natural... CAL RIPKEN We're not trying to measure our success against the Little League, ... but we have the only league t... CAL RIPKEN He's a real person. He was genuine. He was considerate. He was everything a friend should be. CAL RIPKEN When you play for so long, you see it's going to come to an end and you wonder, Is your talent dimin... CAL RIPKEN It was an emotional night, an extraordinary moment, ... I wish Dad was there to touch and feel the s... CAL RIPKEN We're not trying to measure our success against the Little League, ... but we have the only league t... CAL RIPKEN This is our third year here, and we're building momentum each time, ... I think our World Series has... CAL RIPKEN shocked, surprised, just like everyone else. I hope there's a reason or an explanation. CAL RIPKEN I guarantee you you'll feel better. CAL RIPKEN He's a real person. He was genuine. He was considerate. He was everything a friend should be. CAL RIPKEN This is a tremendous shock. Elrod has been such a big figure in Baltimore for so long. He was as muc... CAL RIPKEN Everywhere you go around the country, people relate to the consecutive games streak in one shape or ... CAL RIPKEN Tonight, I stand here, overwhelmed, as my name is linked with the great and courageous Lou Gehrig, .... CAL RIPKEN To me, Kirby is at his best sitting at a card table playing cards, talking to him, stories being sha... CAL RIPKEN This World Series isn't about crowning a champion. I think the kids will remember this as a life exp... CAL RIPKEN When you play for so long, you see it's going to come to an end and you wonder, Is your talent dimin... CAL RIPKEN Everywhere you go around the country, people relate to the consecutive games steak in one shape or f... CAL JR You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was hear Kirby laugh or see his smile and ... CAL JR You could be in the worst mood ever and all you had to do was see Kirby smile or hear him laugh. And... CAL JR Ultimately, at the end of the day, you couldn't say you were better than the other person because yo... CAL JR Less and grayer hair. CAL RIPKIN JR. Less and grayer hair. CAL RIPKIN, JR. [...] if Jesus is not the answer to the human condition, there is no answer. NIK RIPKEN Your fear is the greatest tool you will ever give to Satan. Overcoming your fear is your greatest to... NIK RIPKEN Serving God is not a matter of location, but a matter of obedience. NIK RIPKEN But the deacon said that the Holy Spirit told him, 'You don't have to come back. You just have to go... NIK RIPKEN I cannot forget the words of my friend, Stoyan..."I took great joy that I was suffering in my countr... NIK RIPKEN One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Electi... CAL THOMAS It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of ... CAL HUBBARD Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, y... CAL HUBBARD Typically, we come out and play well early and that helps us establish our game. That wasn't the cas... CAL SAUNDERS There's normally twice as many fans  everyone and their mommy is h... CAL SAUNDERS He's a hard-working guy with lots of integrity. I encouraged him. We need good people becoming invol... CAL NICHOLS You're always concerned about what's going to happen to your football team after they lose a tough o... CAL MCCOMBS It's big. We just really needed a win. CAL MCCOMBS The rest of the (Big South) teams got to go out and beat a top 20 team. We need to do our share and ... CAL MCCOMBS There's always hope, ... Do the best you can with what you've got even if that means working longer ... CAL BROWN We're always looking for more workers. CAL BENDER is going to plague him not only in his second term but in history â€â€Â... CAL JILLSON The girls seem to have really turned it up a notch the last five years, ... I think we're getting ki... CAL HUBBARD It's down. There's no doubt about it. CAL DUBROCK What happens when hunters are doing all they can and it's still not enough? Are there other tools we... CAL DUBROCK We had forgotten that, as part of the Cat III approval, we had agreed that we wouldn't build any new... CAL WETTSTEIN It probably tightens up operations, but won't be noticeable to skiers. CAL WETTSTEIN No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people... CAL THOMAS While people often think of identity management in 'defensive' terms, one of the most important bene... CAL SLEMP I thought their kid should have gotten the T, or at least both of them should have gotten one. We (h... CAL SAUNDERS She had powder on her from head to toe. You couldn't tell if she was black or white. CAL BRAY Excellent. It's a good group, ... We won last weekend (at the Decatur Eisenhower Cleveland Invitatio... CAL HUBBARD He's going to be an influential insider in the U.S. House and will continue to be consulted. And rea... CAL JILLSON Along that dark gray line you can see that mosquito netting has been put against the windows but for... CAL SANDFORT It's hard for the White House to regain momentum if the Congress is in disarray. It ties up the Repu... CAL JILLSON It makes you wonder, when they have so many problems, why they would let this fester the way they ha... CAL JILLSON It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of thei... CAL HUBBARD I think they are going to be strong again this year. CAL HUBBARD helping the girls program come along. CAL HUBBARD is going to plague him not only in his second term but in history — even in Texas. CAL JILLSON dedication to stretching his ability, guided by feedback. CAL NEWPORT I had reached the level of expertise you would expect from someone who had played an instrument seri... CAL NEWPORT Alex Berger, he didn’t arrive at his outstanding job by following a clear passion. Instead he care... CAL NEWPORT Nobody ever takes note of [my advice], because it’s not the answer they wanted to hear,” Martin ... CAL NEWPORT Jordan had a name for the worries about what his friends are doing with their lives and whether his ... CAL NEWPORT There's normally twice as many fans everyone and their mommy is here. The intensity was not heigh... CAL SAUNDERS This focus on stretching your ability and receiving immediate feedback provides the core of a more u... CAL NEWPORT No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the pe... CAL THOMAS In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, the... CAL THOMAS Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it... CAL THOMAS The decrease in pervasive attacks in 2005 is counter-intuitive to what society at large believes is ... CAL SLEMP All you can do is speculate right now. CAL SAUNDERS My goal is to see if I can make them better. Knowledge is power. What we have to offer is an opportu... CAL COCHRAN They push each other. It's what you have to have in order to be a successful team. CAL COCHRAN Without that regular competition in a week, it's hard to estimate what it's going to take for 32 min... CAL COCHRAN I'm so proud of these guys. Nobody ever figured us to get this far. It was a special year. These are... CAL COCHRAN This creates a kind of snowball effect in that you keep increasing the amount that you pay on the de... CAL BROWN That was an effective strategy to get through the primary. But in the general election, he'll have t... CAL JILLSON President Bush is trying to regain his footing and develop some policy momentum for his second term,... CAL JILLSON If DeLay were not indicted, he probably wouldn't even have a strong enough opponent where he would h... CAL JILLSON As it relates to me personally, I'm in favor of it. As it relates to making this a better sport, I'm... CAL III If you had a totally clean canvas, 44 cars and 22 owners would be the best thing. But the horse is a... CAL III I want to thank Bobby for his efforts over the past year and a half. I wish Bobby nothing but the be... CAL III With so many important technology issues being debated at the state and federal level, there is a re... CAL DOOLEY instead he chose evasion. CAL DOOLEY We plan to play a season no matter how that happens. CAL NICHOLS We were more active on defense. They [defense] didn't play conservative. They attacked things. CAL MCCOMBS Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better ... CAL HUBBARD I expect him to make it through the primary fairly handily, but my sense of this is that DeLay is in... CAL JILLSON He's done a lot of firsts. Val has never been in the limelight for glory. He's been a protector of e... CAL CAMARA Squeezing our money out of politicians is more difficult than squeezing blood from a turnip. To para... CAL THOMAS Lisa is coming around. She's played varsity for four years and never had to compete for a spot befor... CAL HUBBARD Many retailers require a significant amount of square footage, yet we have a fee that says you pay m... CAL KENT The president is doing the right thing to assure people that the federal government is much better p... CAL JILLSON They don't want to be involved. CAL JILLSON People have real reservations about the Republicans, but they aren't clear what the Democrats stand ... CAL JILLSON We won because of our depth, CAL HUBBARD We lost Marisa (Milligan), who set all the records at U High, but all the other eight kids were on t... CAL HUBBARD The ministers may think this is a religious, biblical issue but for Perry, while it may be that too,... CAL JILLSON We make a foot bath so that if we happen to have anything on the soles of our shoes or so forth we s... CAL SANDFORT Potentially have to kill all the birds in the facility and wash it down, start over from scratch . A... CAL SANDFORT The courts demand that every religious person must accommodatea single atheist who might be 'offende... CAL THOMAS The counties that do the best job of assessing get penalized. CAL KENT Self-Determination Theory (SDT), which is arguably the best understanding science currently has for ... CAL NEWPORT taking on projects that were beyond his current comfort zone; CAL NEWPORT I am suggesting that you put aside the question of whether your job is your true passion, and instea... CAL NEWPORT The more we focused on loving what we do, the less we ended up loving it. CAL NEWPORT My professional situation now couldn’t be more perfect,” Scott reports. “I chose to pursue the... CAL NEWPORT Here’s a case where someone successfully followed their passion,” they say, “therefore ‘foll... CAL NEWPORT Here’s what I respect: creating something meaningful and then presenting it to the world, CAL NEWPORT That wasn't a good, healthy job in the first place. CAL BRAY It is the policy of the Michigan Humane Society to accept any and all animals in need during regular... CAL MORGAN As pressure grows to ease the financial burden on social security, pressure will also grow to elimin... CAL THOMAS Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In oth... CAL THOMAS Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, bu... CAL THOMAS When it was time for a player to go, he went. CAL HUBBARD It's hard to catch lightning in a bottle twice. The fact that he wasn't able to build on that achiev... CAL JILLSON The Republican governor and the Republican majority in the Legislature are unable to close that out.... CAL JILLSON If you're betting your own money, you bet on Perry (to win re-election). But he can be beaten becaus... CAL JILLSON He's going to be an influential insider in the U.S. House and will continue to be consulted. And rea... CAL JILLSON As long as our kids can focus on playing their games and not worry about what everybody else is shoo... CAL HUBBARD There's a concern that there's a proliferation of different standards in more and more states, and t... CAL DOOLEY Association health plans offer small businesses with an affordable way to provide health insurance c... CAL DOOLEY It's certainly a possibility ... It remains to be seen how much can be accomplished how quickly. CAL COHEN It's just another game. The stakes don't change. CAL COCHRAN It's fun to be around their infectious joy for the game and the unity they have for one another. The... CAL COCHRAN We maintained our poise and continued to run through our offense. (Allen's) a really good player, an... CAL COCHRAN Ah, to be young and in love, in Southern California. CAL BROWN It would provide tax deductible interest if she needed to make a withdrawal, it would force her to p... CAL BROWN We appreciate them taking our people and training them. CAL BENDER The kids who are seniors have been here (to state) and lost too many times. They came to win this ye... CAL ROADHOUSE When the kids first walked into the locker room on the first day of practice, they said their goal w... CAL ROADHOUSE We've got a chance to play for a conference championship and a chance to play for a winning season. CAL MCCOMBS There's a lot of mourning over the fact that it's gone. CAL WETTSTEIN It can vary from getting absolutely no comments to a huge number of negative ones. CAL WETTSTEIN Once it is established that some lives are less valuable and less meaningful than other lives (as ha... CAL THOMAS The last game we were supposed to send a message to Lockport and we didn't. They had a good game pla... CAL SAUNDERS He's getting better. We're still not throwing him the ball much on offense, but he's getting some bo... CAL SAUNDERS I want to spend time on what’s important, instead of what’s immediate, CAL NEWPORT huge failure on the part of the Bush administration... CAL THOMAS The difference in our abilities by the age of eighteen had less to do with the number of hours we pr... CAL NEWPORT It is a lifetime accumulation of deliberate practice that again and again ends up explaining excelle... CAL NEWPORT there’s something liberating about the craftsman mindset: It asks you to leave behind self-centere... CAL NEWPORT Basic economic theory tells us that if you want something that’s both rare and valuable, you need ... CAL NEWPORT THREE DISQUALIFIERS FOR APPLYING THE CRAFTSMAN MINDSET The job presents few opportunities to disting... CAL NEWPORT In Wrzesniewski’s research, the happiest, most passionate employees are not those who followed the... CAL NEWPORT Conclusion #3: Passion Is a Side Effect of Mastery CAL NEWPORT The key thing is to force yourself through the work, force the skills to come; that’s the hardest ... CAL NEWPORT The passion hypothesis is not just wrong, it’s also dangerous. Telling someone to “follow their ... CAL NEWPORT is going to plague him not only in his second term but in history even in Texas. CAL JILLSON As long as I can still be productive. As long as they want me here. I don't plan to leave. CAL CAMARA This isn't a good day for Tom Craddick. A number of his very close associates were indicted in circu... CAL JILLSON Since the late 1920s Texas has almost consistently had a member of the high leadership in either the... CAL JILLSON The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't r... CAL THOMAS We're always going to be committed to animal welfare on every level, strays, owner surrenders, etc. CAL MORGAN