Quotes About Dedication

Although I sometimes enjoy writing from an adult's perspective, I feel dedicated to the coming of age story - that part of a young person's life where he must make a decision that will change his life forever. I still remember what it's like to be twelve years old.

When I was young, they used to call me 'foreman,' not because I was in charge, but because I did the work of four men.

A medal in Tokyo Olympics is my target, it's the ultimate for an athlete. I am still young and my best is yet to come.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

If there is something that's your passion when you're young, do it. Let everything else take care of itself.

In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world like a hungry young lion.

When you get a young group of people that believe, are passionate... and committed to a single purpose, you better look out. Great things can happen.

When you are young, you are fervent about the things you believe in.

When I was Cedrick Von Haussen, the champion of Liechtenstein, I was only 18 years old. I was super, duper young. I started traveling around for wrestling when I was 16, so I had only been wrestling a few years at that point.

As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.

I would say that Emma Stone and Emma Watson are two very talented young actresses who are very intelligent and have a great sense of humor and have learned to balance what they love with their acting career, and I think that's really a great thing.

I'm just trying to be the best version of Trey Young.

But you know, I'm not 25 anymore, and I have always said musical theater in particular is a young person's game. It requires energy, mentally and physically, to do it.

I think working hard at anything when you're young and getting positive results, it's always an incredible feeling to see that.

You know, watching Dan Marino and Steve Young get nominated to the Hall of Fame... those guys are unbelievable and they did it for so long. I'd love to play like those guys, but there's still a long way to go and a lot of growing.

I knew I wanted to make music since I was young.

I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music; you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.

My advice to young actors is to push yourself and to aspire to be great.

The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.

Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do.

I feel like there's a dangerous culture among young actors of going to posey joints and socialising - not doing hard work. I don't want to go and hang out in Soho House L.A. That's literally my worst nightmare. I'd rather be at home reading scripts.

Unlike other young actors I've worked with who will remain nameless, Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry would never go out partying after work, but would immediately hunker down to start working on the reams of labyrinthine dialogue they had to navigate for the next day's work.

Young actors ask me for advice. They say, 'Should I get an agent?' I tell them, 'Don't worry about that. Act, act, act. Get into that production of 'The Three Sisters' in a church basement. Consider every audition a chance to act, even if it's just for three minutes. Just do it whenever and wherever you can.'

I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay!