The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.

Zig Ziglar’s line reflects a core theme of his motivational teaching: achievement is driven less by external circumstances (title, employer, market conditions) than by internal qualities such as attitude, discipline, initiative, and persistence. The quote reframes “opportunity” as something portable—carried by the individual rather than granted by a position. It also implicitly challenges a common tendency to blame a job, boss, or industry for stagnation, urging readers to cultivate skills and character that create value anywhere. In Ziglar’s broader worldview, success follows from personal growth and service; the job is a context in which those traits can be expressed, not the source of them.