Quotes About Dedication

There were times over the years when I wanted to take a break from 'Scott Pilgrim,' or even just stop doing 'Scott Pilgrim,' when I was feeling down or whatever.

When I was growing up, I always liked playing football, and my mum always took me to football games. I owe her a lot. She was my pillar. She was the biggest influence on me.

If you make every pillow like it's your only pillow, and every customer like it's your only customer, I mean, that's an amazing concept.

What I love about how my career has gone up to this point is that I've always, always put my head down on my pillow at night, and I've been able to say that I've done, honestly, what I've felt like I wanted to do. And that's really all you can hope for in everything you do.

Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

I always wanted to be on 'Glee.' As soon as the pilot aired, I said I needed to be on the show.

I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.

I spent one semester in Air Force ROTC, as I wanted to be a pilot.

On 'Masters of Sex,' especially in the pilot, everybody was showing up word-perfect, and you're expected to show up word-perfect.

I left the Navy as a lieutenant after spending almost 10 years as a helicopter pilot.

I did the 'Gunsmoke' pilot for $250. We were all so hungry, we would have done anything.

The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me.

I hustled my way through college playing pinball.

Sometimes, I pinch myself. Through everything, its about hard work... believing in yourself and in the American dream. Believe that you can make something out of yourself.

My mentality has always been focused around the mindset that you have to earn everything. So even if you get told that you're going to play, I take that with a pinch of salt and respect all the comments, but for me, I have to earn my place.

Janet Carroll and Robert Pine, Chris Pine's dad, were in my first play, and they were so astonishingly good, I felt it raised my game instantly.

It has been an honour to represent Pakistan in the pinnacle and traditional format of the game. I, however, have decided to move away from the longer version so I can concentrate on white ball cricket.

I think playing for England is the pinnacle of every young English player's career.

In any situation in order to excel and reach the pinnacle with a group of people, there have to be sacrifices.

For me, growing up and watching Test cricket and absolutely loving it, that's been the pinnacle for me with cricket.

I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.