Quotes About Dedication

I did not realise just how passionate sci-fi fans are about their material.

People probably don't realise, but you often train harder when you're injured than when you're fit.

When I was a kid, the women like Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain were paving the way for female players in the States. Things like that are important so girls realise there is a future for them if they want to play. It is something they can aspire to, to be not just a hobby.

The actual teaching itself becomes lost in a sea of paperwork and teachers soon realise that the very reason they entered this profession constitutes only a fraction of their working day.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm a chancer and they think I'm lucky! They don't realise that I have actually earned it, because I have worked with so many bands. That's all I've ever done is work in music.

We need to realise that not everyone can take the path to overnight success. Take actors such as Rajkummar Rao and Vicky Kaushal - they have built their work and profile over the years to get to where they are.

It's really important that young people realise very rarely do you become an overnight success.

Sometimes when you come every day to training you can't realise how big it is to be a footballer.

When I read about Joyce, I realised that there was no eight-till-one in his life: it was 24 hours a day for him.

I was able to go on stage and work until it felt right or felt good. It meant that I very quickly realised that it was the job for me.

When me and my brother would go to see our daddy playing, there'd be 30 people in the audience. I was only 14 or 15, but I realised something was wrong.

I was probably 13 or 14 when I realised I had a chance to make it. That's when I realised that a bit of education had to be sacrificed in order to become a footballer.

At first I didn't take football too seriously and then I realised what I wanted to do. I was seeing players get moves; a good friend went from Ilkeston to Luton and that made me see what was possible.

Life being so short, and the possible books to write so many, it's good to function by night as well as by day; but would anybody become a writer if they realised at the outset what the working hours were?

By the time I finished my first three films, I realised this is something I want to do for a long time, learn, and grow in.

After working for a couple of years, I have realised how much hard work it takes to become an actor, and my father has gone through it all these years. It's draining, both physically and mentally, but he makes it look so effortless.

Back in Rome I did some acting lessons and I realised I loved it more than anything else I had ever done before.

I am very passionate about what I do; I give it 200 percent, and I don't think it will ever change. But I've realised that, as an actor, you have to give it your best and let it go. That's the most difficult journey, and it comes with time.

I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.

I have great respect for actors like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman who went to school the entire time they were acting. All I did was one small little independent film, and I realised I couldn't balance both lives.

When I was 17 or 18, I realised I could do something with boxing.

What I've realised is that I'm happiest when I'm at work, as I am always preparing myself for when the opportunity arises.

Schalke are my club. I used to stand on the terraces as a fan, and I've realised my dream of making it as a pro right here at my club.

I have realised what my pitch is, and I'm in this industry for the pure reason that I love acting.