Quotes About Dedication

Since we were getting a lot of love from fans, that means we have to try to meet their expectations. This was mentally giving the members a very hard time.

It's not enough just to be talented, or to work hard, or to be mentally strong. You have to combine absolutely everything. You have to live football, completely.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

When we were doing 'Khatra Khatra Khatra', I would often talk to all these actors and they mentioned how they would fast for long hours. I decided to give it a try.

Howard was actually the one who wanted to get married. From the second that he mentioned it, I was all in. I was so excited.

When I mentioned that I miss the trainee days, I guess that's because back then we were in practice for over 14 hours a day, it was almost like school.

It's not a coach relationship: he's a mentor; it's a life relationship. If I didn't make it in fighting, I didn't have anything else to fall back on.

Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.

Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.

Besides being one of the most ambitious projects I have worked on, 'Mercury' has also helped me enhance my skills as a director.

I don't think I'll ever stop writing. I write almost every day. I'd write plays even if they were never done again. You're at the mercy of whatever talent you have.

I only did four days on 'Just Mercy' at the same time I'm playing a cowboy in another movie.

I have pretty much always been about - if I write that song or whatever, it is all for Mercy Me. Anything I want to do is for Mercy Me.

The UFC and WEC didn't give me anything. Everything I conquered was my merit and from my team.

People always want to talk about Cristiano. He always works a lot. For many people he is the best in the world, but many try to take away that merit.

I was determined to make it big on sheer merit.

It took me a long time to get to where I am, but I am here and it is everywhere I want to be. A place where both my artistic merit and hard work meet. A day where I can say, 'Yeah, I'm a musician. A good one.'

I really have a lot of respect for music, the art form of music. It's my whole life. I don't care about any of that other stuff. And I have always felt that way. I'll build a career on my own merits, my own hard work and nothing else.

I used to watch 'Death Becomes Her,' and I knew I wanted to become Meryl Streep.

I am a big fan of Meryl Streep.

I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie.

As for people I would love to work with, Meryl Streep, of course! She's my favorite.

I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.

For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.