Quotes About Dedication

This room is a testimony that there are men who want to be a man for God and a man of God.

As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

You cannot earn money from any artistic career. You have to spend all the time if you want to develop, and keep presenting shows that are always better, always new.

Some people say they want things, but when push comes to shove they don't do what is necessary to achieve it.

Too often we take notes on writing, we think about writing but never do it. I want you to walk into the heart of the storm, written words dripping off hair, eyelids, hanging from hands.

I think the most important thing about what musicians do is the music. You can be as big an arsehole as you want but if you're not making good music, you won't get away with it.

Filmmaking is something I have to do. It's not something I particularly want to do.

If something rad is going on and it has to do with film, I want to be there. If it's getting coffee, I don't care. It's a passion of mine.

the trouble with success is - it takes all your time. And you can't do the things you really want to do!

My focus is on music. I want to be able to see the world and meet fans everywhere. I think that's the priority for me and I literally couldn't be doing anything else.

My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life.

I wish to become the greatest player in the world. I want to uphold the honor of India, the USA and of my coach and make basketball a prominent sport in India.

After I finish PO5, I would like to get a dog. I want to be able to spend more time with my pet, and I don't have the time right now.

Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.

Everybody wants to be a series regular. It's something that a lot of actors would kill to have.

The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it.

Let him who would move and convince others, be first moved and convinced himself.

At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

I dedicate all my time to baseball, because when you come from where I come from, you don't want to risk anything.

I will continue modeling until they don't want me anymore basically because I do love it very much.

How is it wrong to put everything you have into getting what you want most in the world?

We hope we're better. The reality is we had a pretty darn good team last year. But you can't just throw your gloves out there and be good again. We want to take that next step as a team.

Until I'm over the hill and over the hump; I'm gonna let my music bump and give the people what they want.

In my opinion I really haven't done anything yet. I still have a lot to prove. I just want to prove to myself that I can play at the highest level of baseball in the world every day.