The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

I never dreamt, in my dream, I’m Dalai Lama.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame – it’s what people in the limelight have to do.

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

That’s what you live for as a sportsman. You have to put up a fight.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

I wasn’t a kid growing up thinking, ‚One day I’ll get an Oscar and make a speech.‘ That wasn’t on my mind.

I’m already the face of the UFC, plus the face of boxing, WWE, and Hollywood.

As an artist, as a brand, as a rapper, as a musician, you know you got a window and a lot of people, even an athlete; they don’t have no exit strategy. It’s just living in the false reality that it’s going to be like this forever.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

You see things; and you say ‚Why?‘ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‚Why not?‘

I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

You do projects with the hope they will be big and hope they will go beyond what you imagine.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The day I think I’m not enjoying the game and contributing the way I would like to, I’ll hang up my boots.

I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That’s why now, even when I get tired, I think, ‚This is what I asked for.‘

I knew I’d be in the UFC since I started my career.

Women have to summon up courage to fulfill dormant dreams.

A man’s face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man’s thoughts and aspirations.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager.

One day, I want to make a PG film.

Like so many American families, our families weren’t asking for much. They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success or care that others had much more than they did… in fact, they admired it.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn’t think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape.

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we’re atheist.

I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

Dream in a pragmatic way.

They used to call me ‚Touchdown T.‘ I remember in high school, we had homecoming, and I got in front of the pep rally, and I told them, ‚I’m going to run for three touchdowns.‘ I ran for three touchdowns, kicked the extra point, and took myself out the game.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

The joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

When I got into this, I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me, I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

When I was 8 years old, I saw ‚Raiders of the Lost Ark‘ in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy.

If you are a professional player and you are playing in the top professional league, you are sorted financially, which is good.

Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.

I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly.

What is a television apparatus to man, who has only to shut his eyes to see the most inaccessible regions of the seen and the never seen, who has only to imagine in order to pierce through walls and cause all the planetary Baghdads of his dreams to rise from the dust.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

I get a little bit emotional during a game!

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

I never thought a career as a musician was possible.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.

Without sounding biased, 70 days of football is not enough. Even if Messi plays 70 days he cannot be in the national team. You need to play around the year to be in contention for the national team.

I’ve had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I’ve often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head.

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

I would like to go back to Wales. I’m obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.

Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death.

I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.