Quotes About Dedication

When I realised that TV would be my playground, I decided to be content with what I had. I gave it my all.

I realised at 13 or 14 when I said, OK, I wanted to be professional racing driver, there wasn't anyone to look up to that I could aspire to or get inspiration from. But that didn't stop me.

When I was 12 there was a big shift in mindset and I realised that if I want to get something out of it then I need to work hard and focus all my energy just for this sport and that's when I started training and taking things more seriously. I became a lot more self-critical and analysed the driving more and more, and that was when I was 12.

I realised that I have the ability to play at the highest level and started to work harder.

I tried to join the RAF cadets at school so I could fly a plane but then I realised you had to do all the other cadet stuff like training before they let you in a plane. Then you're roped in for life.

I didn't know how to socialise with other people. I went to Harefield and it was strange at first but then I realised I was only here for one thing and that was the football. That was one of the many things that kept me grounded and kept me going.

I have realised acting is my heartbeat and my lifeline.

But it's true I hadn't realised quite how much the discipleship of Jesus Christ would involve keeping up with email.

I took for granted that we have free healthcare. But I have realised what the NHS does, and the people within it who keep it moving, the number of hours they are doing.

There have been some dark times. But what I've realised is that I love this sport.

Lately, I have realised that when you play at the highest level, you have to play according to what the team demands.

It was during 'Khoon Bhari Maang' that I realised that I can only become an actor and nothing else.

I have realised that it's important to dedicate time to a film and role, no matter how big or small it is.

I've realised I've hit enough tennis balls to last me a lifetime.

Del Boy' is no more, I am not playing, I am not cutting corners or looking for the short cuts, I have realised I need to live the life of a professional if I am to achieve what I know I am capable of.

Initially it used to bother me that I wasn't working 365 days a year. But after a point I realised that the kind of work I want to do comes around rarely. And I would rather wait for it.

I've represented my country and played in the Premier League a long time so I am pretty realistic and confident in what I can bring.

You would want to play in every game if possible, but I am realistic.

As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong.

I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.

I don't know that I've ever looked at baseball like a purely casual fan. That's just realistic when you grow up with it putting food on your table, and with it taking your dad out of town.

If I want to do realistic cinema and convince the audience in authentic roles, I have to walk the extra mile.

Wanting to play the guitar was neither a wild dream nor a realistic ambition. It was simply inevitable.

I like method actors who don't focus on the glamorous side, but on realistic acting.