Quotes About Passion

I always say snowboarding saved my life. It gave me a reason to focus on the future; it gave me something to be passionate about.

I didn't really like snowboarding in the beginning. Now, I just love it. I'm in love with it.

To me, snowboarding is really an art form, and I think every athlete, every snowboarder has her own style, and that makes them stand out.

I love snowboarding.

My experience and what I do in snowboarding is really quite independent of the industry and the more independent it is, the more pure and better I feel about snowboarding.

I have been snowboarding since I was seven years old.

I decided I want to represent the U.S. and show what snowboarding's all about.

After college, I moved to Breckenridge, Colorado, and went snowboarding every day. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew what I didn't want to do. So I applied to grad school for writing, and I just gave it a shot and took it from there.

You want everybody to see snowboarding as it should be, looking phenomenal with everybody doing what they know how to do.

Snowboarding has really shaped the person I've become, and I consider every moment a good one because every one has led me to where I am now.

I want to keep snowboarding as long as I'm still having fun and progressing my riding.

Dance has given me so many opportunities including a foothold into filmdom.

There's always so many opportunities and different movies that I can do, but it depends on what interests me and what I think is a fit for me.

Skating has given me so many opportunities.

There are so many people I know who could be the greatest film-maker but who will never get the chance to make a movie; it's all about what somebody is going to make back. There are not a lot of romantic ideas about making movies anymore.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

There are so many fans and so many people who care deeply about this game, and it is because of these fans that we are who we are as cricketers.

In this day and age, when there are so many people creating work online and writing their own shows, I wouldn't tell another actor, 'If you can do anything else go do that.' I would tell them to figure out the story they want to tell, to figure out what artists inspire you and why, and then figure out a way you can create that for yourself.

We know so many people who have gone into the family business even when they had no interest in it because that was the easiest choice. I feel this is a huge debate in India because it applies to every field and not just Bollywood.

When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.

I never wanted to be an actress, really. I sort of caught the bug fairly late. So many people are so intrigued with the glamour and celebrity of acting, and a lot of actors start acting when they are 9 or 10 years old - so young. I started when I was about 24.

So many people ask me this, but I tell them I look forward to each day because I love what I do.

So many people romanticize writing. And I get it. But I never once wanted to be a writer.

I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a writer. But, like so many people, I didn't know how to be one - other than just do it. I didn't know what form it would take.