Top 60 Long Career Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Long Career Quotes from famous people such as Alan Bradley, Theo Epstein, Big Show, Alex Lifeson, Cedric the Entertainer, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot

During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
Alan Bradley
Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don’t respond well to adversity, you’re probably not going to have a long career.
Theo Epstein
I think it’s a good trade to have to be versatile, to be adaptable, and be dependable, and that’s one of the things that has enabled me to have the long career that I’ve had. It’s definitely not because I’m good looking!
Big Show
We’ve managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we’ve never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren’t commercial enough.
Alex Lifeson
I’ve been blessed to have a long career.
Cedric the Entertainer
I’ve had a long career with a lot of fights, and I’ve taken a lot of punishment.
Carlos Condit
A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn’t seem so hard.
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Being promoted as a bubble-gum type artist that has one hit and it’s all over is not something I want to do. I want a long career. I want to continue to play guitar and have as much guitar in there as possible in a commercial song without being too indulgent.
Orianthi
For one thing, there is no guarantee that I am even going to work again. I hope I will and will go on to have a long career.
Will Poulter
I’ve had a very long career of being conservative.
Alyson Stoner
Through our long career we never got to work together until 2013 when we signed ‘Club 60.’ Until then I always liked him from afar. I knew Farooque Sahab was a decent person, a warm person, but it was only after I met him during this shoot that I realized what an enormously nice and genuine person he was.
Sharat Saxena
You know, it’s a long season and hopefully a long career.
Donovan Mitchell
My grandfather was a very successful businessman. He started off as an engineer, but moved to sales to management to executive over a long career. For a while, before I was born, he was the CEO of an oil and gas exploration company.
Hank Green
Looking back, I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career. Many skaters end their careers in their early 20s. I had the opportunity to go to two Olympic Games – almost three after being the alternate in 1994 and then in 2006 being injured.
Michelle Kwan
I do feel grateful, and I love what I’m doing, and I’m happy, and I’m living in the moment, but I also have my eye on the long game and the big prize, and that is just to make this a life-long career. To make a big enough impact on everybody to stick around for a long time.
Cassadee Pope
Luckily, I had a long career and made good money.
Tim Duncan
I want to have a long career, so I’m fine with it growing slowly.
Alison Sudol
For the record, in my long career, I’ve never knowingly exposed classified information in an inappropriate manner.
James Clapper
My father ran London Films. He made films like ‘The Red Shoes,’ ‘The Third Man.’ And he had had a long career in the film business, which was bifurcated with a career in intelligence. He had to deal with gangsters, and sometimes he would take me with him. Also, I went to school with their children.
Mark Helprin
For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I’ve considered Lacy a close personal friend.
Jay Nixon
I have sung in many languages in my decades long career and Telugu is one of them.
Kumar Sanu
I had a long career that started when I was 17. I wrestled for 20 years, so people forget how long I actually wrestled for.
Edge
Career wise, consistency is one of the keys to longevity. When you are consistent people know what they are going to get, and that’s the foundation for having a long career.
Jamal Crawford
I am hoping for a long career.
Zoe Saldana
I want a long career in music, so you’ve gotta keep trying things out; it’s gotta get progressively better.
Gin Wigmore
The aim for me is to have a long career. I’ve got a couple of kids, and so I can’t really be a fashion because I have to sustain a life for my children.
Rebecca Ferguson
It feels nice after a long career as an actor to find your own voice and support that.
Shiri Appleby
Having a long career with real lasting power has always been a goal.
Christian Cage
It’s not easy to sustain a long career, and sometimes I don’t even think about how long I’ve been doing it.
Kevin Spacey
I’m from the old school of actors who are convinced too much exposure on TV isn’t good for a long career.
Van Heflin
I feel like I have a very strong character, I’m super talented and the possibilities are endless for Bianca Belair. She’s somebody who can stand on her own and have a very successful, long career but at the same time I have no problem being paired with my husband in any shape or form because it’s a part of who I am.
Bianca Belair
It's been a long career, and I've made some mistakes al

It’s been a long career, and I’ve made some mistakes along the way.
Rupert Murdoch
You know, I’m the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn’t do the 50 Cent sales but hey… I got a long career, I’m still young and I’m trying to bring really good music.
Obie Trice
Hopefully I will have a long career at Liverpool.
Philippe Coutinho
What I wanted more than anything was a long career.
Terence Stamp
I want to have a long career in the NBA. First, I want to be an All-Star, and hopefully one day I can win a ring with the New York Knicks.
Kristaps Porzingis
I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung.
John McCormack
Ever since I first started acting I’ve wanted to have a long career.
Josh Hutcherson
It’s always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don’t know if I’m good enough to have a long career. I’ve got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense.
Rupert Grint
I had in mind a long career.
Eve Arnold
I obviously want to win a grand slam, but whatever I do, however long I play, I hope I sustain a really long career, a healthy one, just a pretty consistent career. I obviously want to win a grand slam.
Sloane Stephens
An outgrowth of having a long career is that I have a lot of interesting things around that I get to revisit, and someday get to the place where they become something that I want to do next.
Bruce Springsteen
I never expected to have such a long career, it’s been 52 years.
Jose Feliciano
In the early days, Jerry was an antagonist, which was arguably his best casting. ‘The King’s’ quick wit is perfectly suited to be an antagonist, but at the same time, he’s so funny that it is hard to hate Jerry Lawler as the villain – especially at this stage of his long career.
Jim Ross
Trump has learned over his long career as a lying liar who lies that none of his stories have to be true.
Rick Wilson
‘Your Life Calling’ is the first thing in my long career I’ve ever actually invented. It is my entrepreneurial debut.
Jane Pauley
I hope to have a long career, and I don’t want to be defined by things that aren’t the music.
James Bay
I’d never imagined myself in a band. So the fact that I’ve had such a long career without really naturally pursuing it is really astounding. It’s taken me a long time to accept what I do for a living and actually feel like I have anything of value to add to the equation.
Shirley Manson
I’m very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion.
Susannah McCorkle
And I’ve been incredibly lucky to have a long career in journalism that has given me a front-row seat to some of the most important moments in modern American political life.
Judy Woodruff
The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I’m surprised that I’ve been able to dance as long as I have.
Damian Woetzel
I feel like I’m going to have a long career and you don’t want to get a bad reputation for certain things.
Jared Dudley
Performers should really go to the best schools, like Lady Gaga, you know, she went to NYU and had great teachers… It’s best to really study your technique as much as you possibly can so you can have a long career instead of a quick one that’s a failure.
Tony Bennett
You need to be very adaptable to have a long career. If you’re not taught by somebody who knows different styles you’ll be left by the wayside very quickly.
William Regal
I’ve had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away.
Chris Cornell
Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.
Samira Wiley
I want to have a long career.
Haley Bennett
I started playing when I was 10 for Milan, and I quit when I was 41, so it’s a long, long career.
Paolo Maldini
We all deal with failure. If you’re lucky to have a long career, it’s part of the experience.
David Henry Hwang
I believe the path to a long career is to keep the audience guessing. Daniel Day Lewis is my absolute hero from that point of view. I literally will pay to see anything he does because I know it’s going to be something different than I have already seen.
David Oyelowo