Quotes About Dedication

Accountability only works if you want it to.

Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want in a ballplayer - consistency.

I'm trying to earn everything given to me. I play hard and I want guys to remember that when they play the Magic they have to face Dwight Howard. And when you face him you have to get after it.

I mean, I always think when you're an actor you have to be the guy running into the burning building rather than running out of it, if you want to make some noise as an actor.

I'm trying to be among the elite night after night, year after year. I just want to be the best ... and I love winning.

I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

I think as a music listener you have your rock and roll dreams. I personally wouldn't want to apply that necessarily, mainly because I love music too much to mess it up.

Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material.

Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.

The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession.

There's always risk. But I'm going to come in and play hard. I want to come in and contribute.

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.

I have a contract and I refused a lot of opportunities to be the manager of important clubs because I want to stay here. I like this job. I like to be the England manager.

I use the word nursing for want of a better.

I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.

Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.

Sometimes I feel like my childhood has been taken away from me just a tiny bit. But if you want to achieve your goals, you have to sacrifice some things.

I have graduate students who have developed this ability to love and want to perfect it. Those are the students I spend a lot of time with because at this time they need that.

A real liberated teacher never asks for a commitment from a student. That's absurd, a person wants to be there and they want to learn everything they can.

Quiet! My wife!' 'Is she sleeping?' 'Sleeping? She never sleeps! No, you fool, she hunts !' 'Hunts? What does she hunt?' 'Not what. Who. She hunts for me, of course. But has she found me? No! We've not seen each other for months! Hee he! It's a perfect marriage. I've never been happier. You should try it.

Importance lies solely in the deeds done, the goals achieved. Time is preparation, nothing more. One prepares for as long as is required.