Quotes About Dedication

Howard Shore, who's an amazing film composer, told me once that it's 10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration. So I think even within the creative process, like being a producer, you're really managing people and getting the best out of them.

We want to be better players than we do a pest, but you have to find something to do coming into the League.

Adopting a pet is like taking the responsibility of a baby.

We all have our pet things that we like to get religious about.

My pet hate is being beaten by a team who works harder than you do.

Getting onto 'Jeopardy!' was a pet project my whole life, so it was something I was willing to work really hard on.

I thought that I was a crazy pet owner, but now I realize I'm not so bad.

I've wanted to do a Sammy Davis Jr. story for a long time. It's one of those pet projects that has to be done.

I don't want my career to peter out fighting meaningless fights; I want to go against the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.

People ask me how I sang the role of the 'Phantom' 1,700 times. And I say that it's down to good material. If it did not have good material, I would have had a major problem doing it for that length of time.

I used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

Journalism is, indeed, a noble calling, and I have much I hope to accomplish in the next phase of my career.

It is very important for an artiste to be excited about her work in every phase of her career. If a tiredness seeps into one's attitude, it will show in the quality of one's work.

There was a phase when I and people around me listened to Prince a lot. A lot. We took Prince fandom to the extreme.

There was a phase where nothing was going right, and the thought crossed my mind that what is going to happen. Since I had no Plan B, I was sure from the beginning that I love acting and this is what I want to do for the rest of my life, so I had to be ready to struggle.

I have worked really hard since the age of eight, so each phase of my life is equally important.

'Phase' is a special song to me, and I wanted the video to make you feel like you are on a journey with me. My team and I shot this video three different times, and every time I got it back, I wanted to go a step further.

I've enjoyed my phase of playing women's doubles.

Whatever subject I choose, I do a PhD in it.

Jerry Orbach is just phenomenal. He is genius, so present.

There's a reason that football players, that still choose to come over to train MMA. They're professional and phenomenal freak athletes and they know how to work as professional athletes. They know how to get better and know how to improve.

I wasn't a washout before, and I'm not a phenomenon now. I'm a player who, when he's called upon, is almost always there.

The best goalkeeper I played with at United was Schmeichel. He was a phenomenon in training, never mind on match days. He just never wanted to concede, and he would do everything to stop you scoring.

Phil is a real drummer's drummer.