Quotes About Dedication

I've been playing NBA Live since I was little, and I won't lie, I always play with the team with the highest rating.

When we get involved in the ratings, then we're doing the network's job. We need to focus on our work.

A lot of coaches could ration out their time. They could delegate. They would make time for their family. But when I was coaching I would almost laugh at those guys. I knew we were working the extra hours to get an edge on them.

With writing, you really have to have faith. You have to have some sort of confidence that if you keep at it, you will get where you need to go, because there are so many points where a rational person would quit.

I was a choir director for my high school. Of my friends, I was the more rational one, because I was the choir girl!

We intellectualize it, and we rationalize it, but it's really about a love of movies, and I think whether you're making an art film or you're making a genre film, if you don't really love that movie you are trying to make, you'll be able to tell.

It takes a lot to be considered a Raven.

I always will be a Raven. That's where I was kind of raised in the NFL. I did a lot of growing, and we did a lot of special things. That's something that can never be taken away, and it never will. There's a lot of love there.

Everybody is so right when they keep raving about their work experiences with Mr. Bachchan. It was a treat really. He has honed his craft to another level altogether.

I want to be the longest-reigning Raw Women's Champion. And I'm going to do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.

When I am on 'Raw' and 'Smackdown,' I try to make the best of it.

What's really the driver of talent is not raw ability. It's not even just experience. It's what's called 'deliberate practice,' which is to say, if you do something a lot, you get really good at it.

You need raw talent to be successful.

'Monday Night Raw' has been a huge part of my life, and when you think about it, I mean, life imitated art. That is how I met my husband.

Monday nights, it wasn't like, 'Mom, I want to watch Monday Night Raw.' It was like, 'Mom, put on Shawn Michaels.'

The goal is become the top person on 'Raw,' the example on 'Raw,' the John Cena, the ultimate workhorse of 'Raw.'

For me, the pinnacle of everything was to be on 'Monday Night Raw.'

Everyone used to say I'm a rising star, and I've got raw talent, but I really wanted to be, honestly, the best.

My life changed when I was introduced to Satyajit Ray. It was acting for me thereafter.

Satyajit Ray made films the way films should be made - from start to finish. So whether you're needed on the set or not, you can spend your whole time thinking about your character.

Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal.

I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I have met so many of my idols - like Ray Charles, Brian Setzer - all these cats that are legendary musicians. If they had said to me, 'Hey man, I'm busy,' it would have crushed my soul.