Quotes About Dedication

I think with my book, I wanted to first of all just be completely involved in it. I wanted to write it; I didn't want a ghost writer. I wanted to be honest about everything.

I had no ghost writers for the books - I wrote every line myself.

I'd love to be a Giant for the rest of my career.

I'm a New York Giant, playing football. I've been wanting to do this since I was a little kid, to play in the NFL.

How can you be a giant of the sport when you are not consistent?

I'm a giant UFC fan. Huge. I watch UFC all the time.

I'm a Giants fan through and through. I am crazy about Eli Manning. I'm all about the Giants.

I don't think there's anywhere else better than the Giants in terms of organization and history.

I think Mel Gibson could make 'Passion of the Christ' because he really believed in it and gave it his all.

My kind of work is very intense. The trouble with me is that I completely fling myself into it. I get giddy. I get terrible crushes on jobs.

I think acting is a gift.

Being able to stay with a character over the course of years is a gift.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

I think Lin-Manuel deserves absolutely everything that he's getting. He is an extremely gifted guy, a very fine human being, and loves the theater. Loves it.

I was not the best in my youth teams, I was not the most naturally gifted, but I gave everything to get where I was and the reward came my way.

There are some incredibly gifted writers in the world. You can count them on a hand. They're blessed, and they've worked at their craft, but there's very few.

I really don't believe in being 'gifted.' I really think what you put in is what you get. People say, 'Oh, this guy is so athletic and so naturally talented,' well think about it. He's been doing martial arts since the age of 4 or whatever.

I never thought I was academically gifted at school. But when I started flying, I found you didn't need an academic mind - you just needed determination and dedication.

It took me a long time to understand that there is no amount of wanting and no amount of desire and no amount of hard work which allows you to become a classical ballerina if you're not physically given the gifts.

I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.

I'm a big believer that when we put so much into our jobs - and everyone does - you deserve to be get paid for it instead of doing a gig and then having to work in a bar for eight hours.

The thing is that business and success, and how hard it is, doesn't look any different whether you're playing a gig at eleven o'clock at night or you're going to work at nine in the morning at a law firm.

AC/DC is a tough gig for everyone in the band.

You never approach any prof or semi-professional sport as a hit and giggle.