Quotes About Dedication

At the end of the day, it's a business about fighters and a business about people. This is our philosophy.

Martial arts, for me, is not just some kind of job to gain some money or whatever. No, martial arts, for me, is my lifestyle, my religion, my philosophy... Martial arts are everything for me.

I am of the philosophy that if you work really hard and focus on things, you will get there in some form or fashion.

My philosophy has always been to do the job I do to the very best of my ability and to be myself within it.

People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy.

Parent hard, play hard. That's my philosophy.

I'm not playing for any other organization. I'm Phoenix Mercury until I'm done.

I loved 'The Master' a lot. I'm not going to get to work with Daniel Day-Lewis, but Joaquin Phoenix is one of the best around, I think.

When I was in Phoenix, people started noticing and looking every day to see what I was wearing, but it never really affected me. When you do this every day, it's just something you do. Even in Europe I was getting dressed up for every single game. Nobody may be watching but it's just me. It's how I live and it's how I move.

It means a lot to be in one place for my whole career. The minute I got drafted in Phoenix, I knew it was a place I was going to be for a long time. But we know in the sports world and life in general, you don't know where it takes you sometimes.

I don't do things lightly; I don't take a job then just phone it in - I've never done that.

My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.

I have about two or three people, we don't have an office, we don't even have a dedicated phone line. We do it out of our own homes, and we make it work.

For me, there is no day or night for music. I often work through the night - without phone calls disturbing me.

I started out as a receptionist. I typed, I filed, I answered the phones for a little nine-person company.

I started on the phones, taking orders, and then I did the toppings, making the pizzas, cutting and boxing them - everything, really.

I know this sounds phony, but I don't start out on a project going, 'I'm going to make an emotional work,' you know what I mean? You try to tell the story directly and honestly and with passion.

I've been working pretty much 12-16 hours a day, six or seven days a week since May of 2003, and every time I see a photo of myself, I realize that there is never a time when I don't look exhausted.

I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'

People think photo shoots are easy but they're actually very, very hard, you're not only holding your body position but you're thinking about not looking cold in freezing water, your body looking good, my face and everything - it's tough but I love it.

In the beginning, the clients would say, 'This is too much,' but over time, the ones I liked kept working with me. They'd say, 'It's not too much. Coco can still be Coco. She still gives 100 percent when she's on a photo shoot.'

I really had a great time shooting for Dabboo Ratnani. He is such an experienced photographer and works in perfection.

Well, now I'm an old photographer and I still don't sell.

I'll always be an amateur photographer.