Quotes About Dedication

Sometimes, it just gets mentally tough, but at the end of the day, I'm playing golf for a living. And reaching out to a huge fan base and knowing people are following my progress and looking up to me means the world to me. So if all I have to do is some photo shoots and answer questions, that's nothing to me. That's part of my life.

I grew up in a family that was committed to service, to reaching out and helping others. That's what inspired me to work in public service.

For us, our stage is always what it is. It's not about reaching the broadest audience as it's about doing quality work.

It just goes to show how much the women's game has improved over the years: there are some outstanding goalkeepers capable of fantastic reaction saves.

You're not a robot, you're not going to be nine out of 10 every game. But when things aren't going well, you work even harder and look for a reaction.

During my second year at Madrid, Jose Mourinho gave me a kick up the backside. I wasn't doing well, I wasn't managing to do what he wanted me to out on the pitch. So he chided me, saying: 'Why don't you run in training?' My first reaction was to mutter, 'Oh come on... ' But I knew he was right, I had more to give.

No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night.

Be good to people, be kind to people, show up, read the lines, hit the mark, and go home.

Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.

I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when I get an acting book I can read it in two days.

Reader loyalty will stay because I'm not changing.

I am a Graham Greene fan - I'm just a ferocious reader. I read an awful lot when I get the time.

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.

I'm writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who's willing to take the time, who's willing to get lost in a new world, who's willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going.

The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.

Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.

I really try to focus on my books and readers.

I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going.

When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might think.

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers or readers. I write the story the way it comes to me.

I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them.

My parents were avid readers. Both had ambitions to write that had been abandoned early in life in order to get on with life.

We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.