Quotes About Dedication

You try and do the best you can whenever you are out there. It's just an individual mindset that when I do get the opportunity then do what I do to help the team.

Kobe was, other than my parents, he was the reason why I played sports. Just his mindset, the Mamba mentality.

If you're in a current mind state where you know what you want from the track, you can't just leave it and expect to come back with the same mindset.

If I would remain in Chicago, I'd be happy doing what I can to help out. That's pretty much how my mindset has been playing anywhere.

My mindset is to stay healthy, continue getting into the ring with the best guys in the world and putting on the best performances.

I am a Bruce Lee fan. I may be my fans' hero, but even heroes have their heroes. And mine is Bruce Lee.

I don't consider any film of mine bad. I give all my films the importance they deserve. I look at all my roles with the same kind of seriousness.

Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.

Mine is a job that never ends, a function where it is almost impossible to set aside time to rest or take a breather.

If you apply reason and logic to this career of mine, you're not going to get very far. You simply won't.

If I'd not been a coal miner in the past, getting up very early, I wouldn't have been able to have done what I've been doing.

I'm on the side of miners and their families. And I'll never walk away.

My grandad used to work in the mines, he's retired now, but he's been a big part of my career.

I must have made 20 different bicycles in my life; bicycle parts are like works of art in miniature.

You've got to have dedication because there's a lot of sacrifice which goes into it - a lot of your time is minimal with friends and family, especially in the past 10 years.

I always just wanted to play my game, minimize mistakes so I had the best chance to make a roster.

Twenty-six miles is now my daily minimum.

You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day.

For me the most important is on the pitch, I don't like too much speaking in the press. I will do the minimum. I will do it because I have to do it.

No player has a right to be in the team, but the minimum you expect is basic respect.

I spend most of my time thinking about - whether I am making the minimum or a big number, salary-wise - how can I be competitive as long as I have an opportunity to play.

When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of the congregation in a dedication ceremony, where we were dedicated to the future service of God.

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.

As long as God gives me the strength to still minister and create, I'll do it.