It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic. Gordon Strachan celticclubdecent Change image and share on social
It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. Paulo Coelho bookcareerchild share on social
It took me a couple of years after I got out of Berkeley before I dared to start writing. That academic mind-set - which was kind of shallow in my case anyway - had begun to fade. Joan Didion academicbeginberkeley Change image and share on social
It took me a couple years to get over the stereotype I was letting myself get caught up on, being a football player trying to start a career in music. Sam Hunt careercatchcouple Change image and share on social
It took me a few years to explain to my colleagues and my mentors and the people that I looked up to and I wrestled that I'm not in wrestling anymore. I'm in sports entertainment. Pro' wrestling doesn't mean that we're saying we're a step up above amateur wrestling, because there's nothing above Olympic wrestling. Kurt Angle amateuranymorecolleague share on social
It took me a few years to realize I might want to get into acting as a profession. Bill Fagerbakke actprofessionrealize Change image and share on social
It took me a few years to realize that throwing harder wasn't always better. Dennis Eckersley hardrealizethrow Change image and share on social
It took me a good decade of hiding in my house and not going outside to even, like, get my arms around this idea of celebrity, where suddenly people are looking for you to pick your nose or get a shot of you kissing some woman. It's a very discombobulating thing. Brad Pitt armcelebritydecade share on social
It took me a good eight to ten years to really formulate what I was doing onstage and start to get really personal with comedy. I always really had timing naturally, it was just about trying to figure out how that timing was going to work onstage. Sebastian Maniscalco comedyfigureformulate share on social
It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me. Manal al-Sharif breakchaininside Change image and share on social