Quotes About Passion

I went to college, grad school. I got an M.B.A., had a really cush corporate job. But I was just bored stiff. I didn't fit that mold.

Having fun is fantastic, and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work, or else it's going to feel stiff.

From the age of 12 when I decided to dance in high school, everyone was saying, 'Oh, you're a dancer,' and there was that kind of stigma about it.

Scientists have this stigma of being guys or women in white lab coats with no sense of humor, no passion, devoid of all emotion, and that has been the complete opposite of the scientists I've met.

I never looked at the bigger picture. I was just so passionate about football; I just wanted an opportunity to play with no barriers and no stigma.

I still love to do the old songs. I know some people don't.

I still DJ the same way, but I'm not a scratch-scratch-scratch battle DJ. No, I'll rock the house. I'm old school.

I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do.

As much as you love a sport, I don't think love and joy necessarily go hand in hand. I think you can still be in love with the sport but just not happy in it.

Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.

I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!

My job was to build, and that's still my job - and I like that better than interviews.

I still got the nasty in me.

I love flamenco. It's very difficult music to sing. But I think of any genre as a snow globe - you don't admire it for its stillness. You have to shake it up and see how it explodes.

One must be convinced to convince, to have enthusiasm to stimulate the others.

I loved everything that went with rock n' roll. I loved being at the heart of such creativity and being young in such a stimulating and exciting era.

'Quest' is a romantic name for journey, and I think 'fire' is a word that has stimulating connotations for all of us.

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

I like to work with people that I find interesting and stimulating artistically, and the field in which they're perceived to work is secondary and not that relevant to me.

I wanted a physical kick in the music. I wanted it to be stimulating.

I basically am always chasing this super enhanced stimulation from music.

My mother was a stay-at-home mom until I was about 11, when she got a job - and it was like a light came on inside her. It's not wrong to be passionate about your career. When you love what you do, you bring that stimulation back to your family.

I saw 'The Sting' about 35 times and 'Jeremiah Johnson' and 'Billy Jack' about 50 times.

I've always loved old school wrestling: Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, Sting, Hot Stuff Eddie Gilbert. To me, that's the golden age of professional wrestling.