Quotes About Dedication

I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

I always had the theory that if you have a dream, chase it. And I'm chasing it.

My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory.

Boxing isn't a career. Acting is it for me. But they're both very therapeutic.

Basketball is therapeutic for a lot of us. We all love, live and breathe basketball.

Old-school guys, they don't need to see the doctor, the massage therapist. We'd come in when we was 21; we'd go right to the court and start shooting.

If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.

I am always thinking about writing music; my wife is constantly asking me: 'Is there any way you can turn off the music part of your brain for a minute?' but I really can't! It's my form of therapy.

I cook every day for six hours. It's my therapy. My love.

I never stopped training. You know, I stopped fighting. When I was injured, when I lost my husband, I stopped when I needed to take the break. But I never stopped training because training is my therapy.

My hobby is my profession, and therefore, I keep on composing creatively.

Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over.

Fitness is easy to achieve but very difficult to maintain. Therefore, it becomes a life-long process which you have to live with and need to be extremely disciplined.

But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.

My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best.

When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model.

I mean, my students are texting me all the time. It could be 10 o'clock at night, 'Hey Dr. B., can you check my thesis statement?' You know, I'm in bed!

They say fame is important and that maintaining your fame is even more important. But to me, the most important thing is to deserve the respect of your fans.

When they say 'action,' I am into it completely and forget everything around. When they say 'cut,' I am back to myself.

My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.'

It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happens is... songs comes through you.

I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.

Children often ask me, they say, 'Well, how do you become a fighter pilot, or how do you become an astronaut, or...?' And I say, 'Love what you're doing and do it very well.'