Quotes About Dedication

Some guys get on the road, the first thing they do is look for the nearest golf course. I look for a gym.

The first thing I learned from Jeter is to be the same no matter if you are doing good or bad. It is kind of like, play hard every day, and don't take anything for granted.

Shoot, if you need any added motivation, the first thing is you have to be a pro to play this game and finish it right.

The first thing I do on a Sunday is five hours in front of the TV watching football, football, football. I watch my games back and pick out what didn't go right and try to make sure it goes well next time.

You look at somebody like Frankie Edgar and you think, 'oh, that little guy,' this and that. But these guys, they want it. And even if you're sitting there and you think you've figured something out, or got something you're going to surprise somebody with, the first thing you've got to do is have more heart than these guys.

It doesn't matter if a footballer is earning £100,000 a week or £1,000 a week the first thing you need to do is work hard for your team.

You can trade money for other good things and that's nice, but it's not the first thing that matters to me. I'm a martial artist and I have other priorities.

Acting was the first thing that obsessed me when I was 8-9 years old.

Wrestling was always the first thing I ever wanted to do.

I learnt fairly quickly that that was what I wanted to be - a guitarist - because it was the first thing I ever done in my life that really felt like it was something that I belonged to. I don't know... from the moment I picked it up it felt right.

That's the first thing that came easy in basketball, beating people down the court, getting into people. Using God's gifts.

I feel like a lot of people in sports come from - not bad backgrounds, but they have a real story. They've come from some of the hardest times, and they're out there playing for their family and the first thing they want to do is buy their parents a house and everything.

Well, I think the golden rule I can think of is the fact that you must follow your passion and do something that's close to your heart. And I think that that's very important, well, to be successful and to be happy.

Making duck calls is the hardest thing that we make, so there's skill involved, and they're all handmade.

Making movies is really hard. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.

The hardest thing about working with your partner is that the work starts to become first.

It's a very competitive thing, pro sports. The hardest thing in pro sports is staying up there.

The whole reason I did a bodybuilding show was to see how far I could push my own discipline. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. When I made the switch to acting, I was able to break that down into small, measurable goals like I did with bodybuilding.

The hardest thing on 'Palo Alto' was letting go because I kept working on it, trying to make it better.

My back went out and I gained 40 pounds while sweating over 'Perestroika.' It was incredibly hard, the hardest thing I had to do before the screenplay to 'Lincoln.'

As any actor will tell you, the hardest thing to do is small parts, because you focus all your attention and concentration on that small part. When you're playing the lead part, you don't have time to think about the whole of it, so you just have to steam on and get on with it.

Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.

It's the hardest thing in the world to dedicate to writing, but if you do that even once a week, after six months or a year you'll have something substantial.

I had an amazing mother. She raised nine kids, practically as a single parent, which is the hardest thing in the world. Nine of us! Day in and day out. She had to make sure we all had an education and that we all felt loved.