Quotes About Dedication

To make a film like 'The Grandmaster,' I know I'm not going to make just a standard kung-fu film; it's not going to be just tricks or like wire works. So I spent seven years on the road interviewing different schools and a lot of real grandmasters from Chinese martial arts.

I was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years - since I was a kid. When I first broke into Hollywood, 'Hercules' was one of the movies that I - not chased, because I didn't have the power to chase anything - but always had in the back of my mind.

I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.

What matters is that you do great work, and you will definitely be remembered for that for years to come.

Sixteen years as a freelance features journalist taught me that neither the absence of 'the Muse' nor the presence of 'the block' should be allowed to hinder the orderly progress of a book.

I rodeo-ed for nine years. That's my other life.

I think that anything that you do, any accomplishment that you make, you have to work for. And I've worked very hard in the last ten years of my life, definitely, and I can tell you that hard work pays off. It's not just a cliche.

To graduate in four years as a student-athlete with no summer school is quite a feat.

I was networking every day from 21 to 28 years old. I sent 10 letters a day, which means I reached out to 3,000 people in a year.

I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened.

I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.

I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.

I used to collect trading cards. I could tell you about any player, because I collected cards.

I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.

In my own spiritual journey, I became a swami on the Hindu path of Bhakti. In the Hindu tradition, a swami is a monk who forgoes regular family life for the purpose of making the whole world his family and channels his full energy into spiritual practice, devotion to God and service to humanity.

Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA.

I remember embracing our championship tradition, telling our players that this is what we should expect to be; this is what Oklahoma is supposed to be. And we're going to do all we can to be that. And if we don't, there will be no excuses. You either do or you don't.

I admire the Shabbat tradition, and no matter which faith you are of, there is nothing more wonderful than dedicating a certain day to spend time with your family and loved ones, absent of TV, phone, and other interruptions.

I'm still trying to make it. I'm still trying to get this over and do it and hopefully leave some kind of a mark on the course of American music, particularly in the tradition of what you might call the singer-songwriter.

I came to Notre Dame to renew the winning tradition.

I didn't have a traditional college experience. I didn't have a social aspect to it. I was always involved in working and going to school.

Well, I was dedicated to God before I was born by Momma and Daddy, and I was raised in a very traditional Southern Baptist home.