Quotes About Dedication

You can knock me all you want, but professional basketball players are an elite group and I've been doing it 12 years.

I don't come with the goal of submitting, knocking out or getting bonuses. I come to do my job, to show that a humble guy can chase what he wants.

I don't necessarily see myself as an activist, running down the street and knocking at every door.

I'd turn up to the gym early and just be there, waiting outside, knocking on the door. It was something I thought I was decent at. I enjoyed fighting; it's how I've always been.

I've worked on my game to the point where anything they've asked of me, I try to come through and do it for them, whether that's defending, making plays, being a decoy, or knocking down shots and being a scorer.

I'd always wanted to write a novel, but after attending film school, I'd spent five years knocking on Hollywood's door and had put that idea aside.

I think I gotta just keep working on knocking down shots and getting stronger.

I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end.

I'm the kind of guy that if I go to a concert and hear something that knocks me out, I don't want to be left out of that. I'm going to try to get into that, and I'm running back home to practice.

The games I enjoy most are the ones I finish exhausted, and with knocks, but having played.

I'm great at untangling knots and will sit there for 20 minutes until it's done.

When you are a goalkeeper, you know the responsibility.

At the end of the day, that's all I hope for, is that I can sleep well at night knowing that I did everything that I could.

My high school teacher, Reggie Andrews, was a huge factor in my learning my instrument. He didn't play bass, but it was the part where he gave me a knowledgeable perspective of what it was that I was doing.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

The Coast Guard has long been known as the armed service that gets more done for less.

I've always known football.

My old life was really hard. I had to get up at 4:30 A.M. in the morning to pay the bills. You know that if you don't turn up you don't get paid. It has really helped me knuckle down as a dart player and treat it like a job.

Kobe made an impact on basketball in a big way. He came in the League when he was 17 years old, but he was working on his game every day... The way he played, people all around the world loved the passion that he put in for basketball.

Whatever you see in games, Kobe demands more in practice.

Kobe Bryant is one of those guys I never imagined being on the same court with. It was always an aspiration.

During my rookie year, Kobe was always on me. Get in the gym early with him, getting shots and stuff like that.

I grew up watching Kobe Bryant.

I had the Kobe jersey. I would do the Kobe walk. I would walk around the house doing the Kobe stare-down face. Anything you can name, I was idolizing him, trying to be like him.