Quotes About Dedication

At Burnley, I'd enjoy myself with my missus and friends, but because at Tottenham we're playing Saturday-Tuesday, even Wednesday-Sunday, and with the intensity we play at, playing in the Champions League, we can't afford to have a night out.

I knew that I had to train with intensity and focus, but I never thought about the weight on the bar.

El Cholo is a great coach: he asks a lot of his players and demands a lot of intensity. If your guard is down even a bit in training, Cholo tells you put extra effort in quickly.

The good Lord gave me something, and he gave me intensity. He gave me a body, and he gave me the work and how hard I worked the body the way that it was.

I've always played with a high intensity anyway. That's how I've always been.

I think if you show a player an avenue to make a difference, he's going to bring that same intensity he brings on the field in his community.

Honestly, it's hard to play with a lot of intensity night after night.

If you don't play with intensity in this league, you're going to get embarrassed. Without hard work, you don't have a chance.

My secret is to train as intensively as I can, if possible, with the same intensity you experience in a real match.

I think a lot of guys make a mistake of training less as they get older. I think the older you get, the harder you have to train. Maybe you don't train as long, but the intensity goes up.

It's more than just playing hard. You have to maintain concentration and you have to combine that with your intensity level.

If I didn't get paid to play this game, I'd still play it the exact same way, with as much intensity and as much focus as I play it with now.

Obviously nobody takes preseason lightly. But there's not the same intensity, there's not the same focus.

I have an intensive relationship with the thing that I'm working on, and I hope that comes through. It's better for me to not worry about the things I can't fix once they're done.

Go on, then, and let your intent be seriousness.

I've been on the road for fifteen years and I had no intent to stop.

If everyone's ready for a shot to start, except for one actor who's intent on getting to the bottom of their soul, it can be a bit annoying.

I'm a real strong advocate of living up to the intent of the script and follow that as closely as I can.

My intention is to do more films.

I just love good movies. And not every movie you're going to end up in is always going to turn out right, but at least walk into it with the right intention.

There was this saying in GCHQ that, if you didn't leave after five years, you stay there for life. It was always my intention to leave before five years.

You must play with the same intention: to win the game and give everything you have.

I want to live a life full of purpose and intention. Sometimes when we play sports and athletics you can lose your purpose.

I do my work with only one intention: that I have to think different, nothing else matters to me. I don't get involved in any other things.