Quotes About Dedication

It took me 10 years to get a four-year degree, but I graduated.

Since I graduated college, all I have ever done for a living was acting.

I've always been a huge proponent for education; I graduated high school at 14 years old and graduated college at 17 years old.

I was going to college on a full scholarship. I graduated summa cum laude. I was always on the dean's list. I was never a kid that started any kind of trouble.

I moved to L.A. straight out of graduating my arts high school and worked three jobs to afford living while taking acting classes and auditioning often.

I was into movies before my graduation results got out. In fact, I was on location of a movie when they came.

I played with Graham Thorpe and Alec Stewart; if anything off the field affected Graham his cricket life was not important and you had to give him a break. But if Alec had issues at home you would never know about it; he would turn up and think: 'This is my job, I can do it.'

They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.

Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.

I like the story about Bon Iver. They said he kept his GRAMMY in, like, the basement bathroom so he could just focus on getting another one. If I won a GRAMMY, I'd probably keep it at my mom's house on 47th Street.

I always say that my biggest goal is a Grammy, and on the way there I will grab everything that is given.

I want to win Grammys.

That was one thing I wanted to win because, my mom, she didn't really know much else in music, but the Grammys were special to her.

I would not be able to sleep at night and I would practice my Grammys speech. That was definitely me.

I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams.

I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.

My dream was always, when I was a little girl, to be number one and to win grand slams as the number one.

When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win Grand Slams.

I want to have better results at the Grand Slams, and of course, one day I want to be No. 1 in the world.

I've tried to learn something from other players and how they are really focused on the Grand Slams. I couldn't do that in the past.

Hopefully I can win grand slams in the future but until then I have to work very, very hard.

You have people who are out there age 30-plus still competing on the grand stage. If I keep in shape, keep to a certain speed and turn it up when I need to, I think I will be able to get out there and run what I need to run.

Being number one, winning Grand Slams, that's something I never had before.