True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition, There's a hunger still unsatisfied, Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon, Though down this road we've been so many times

Every man has his secret desire, I suppose, and mine is someday to own a farm.

[And for this self-described] Mr. Underdog, ... Never give up. Anything is possible with desire and ambition, and for God's sake, I even graduated college. Once you put your mind to something, just stick to it and surround yourself with some great people, and no matter what happens, you're always a winner.

It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.

We needed this for morale. We have the talent, the desire and the ambition to win, we just hadn't. I have been trying to teach them to believe that they can win.