Quotes About Zeal

Go for the hum.

You'd be surprised by how eager true believers are to talk." He smiles. "And if that doesn't work, I'll tell them I'm trying to catch a guy who punched a baby dolphin.

There's an intelligence there, a raging fire of curiosity.

Whatever he did, he did it, he says, isshou-kenmei, a word that translates loosely as "with all your heart," but a more literal translation would be "hanging your whole life on it.

The only way to have a life is to commit to it like crazy.

Once I had the opportunity to get my feet wet and play and enjoy this game, I just wanted to be on the floor at all times.

Being a nerd is not about what you love; it's about the way you love it.

It's so important to find what you love. If you love it, you'll excel at it.

Whatever you do, do it to the extreme.

Cast away your sloth, your lethargy, your coldness, or whatever interferes with your chaste and pure love for Christ, your soul's husband. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all your soul's range of delight.

There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their passion punched, beaten, or whatever out of them.

Being nerdy just means being passionate about something, including everyone - the coolest people on Earth are passionate and therefore nerdy about something whatever it is, whether it's sports, or gaming, or technology, or fashion, or beauty, or food, or whatever.

I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it.

In order to play this game, at one point in your life you've got to be a little mentally deranged. And every once in a while, you've got to call upon that sickness and make it work for you.

I'm just a fan, man. The best word I can come up with is an enthusiast. I'm a whiskey enthusiast. It really kind of snuck up on me.

At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them.

In any profession, you can't reach the top without loving what you do.

I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things.

I love people that go the distance. I hate things that are lukewarm. They've got to be one way or the other and go all the way.

My passion never fades out.

I can't even call it work. I'm a creative-a-holic. I love the tearing into new material.

Of course, everyone knows my history as far as technical fouls, but I don't think you can match the intensity that I bring to the floor.

I can be very passionate but I also have a bit of a hot temper - when pushed.

A true fanatic, his promptings were reasons enough for his actions.