Quotes About Dedication

The nice thing about 'Samson & Delilah' is that the team behind it are real hustlers - they really want it to happen.

I always knew I wanted to be a chef.

I've heard the stories. Like, Eric Clapton said he wanted to burn his guitar when he heard Jimi Hendrix play. I never understood that because, when I went and saw a great drummer or heard one, all I wanted to do was practice.

I went to college on a classical piano scholarship. My grandmother made me practice one full hour a day. Every day. Man. I thought all she wanted was for me not to have any fun. Next thing you know, you have a career in music. Now, not everybody's going to go on and be Mozart or Michael Jackson. But music makes you smarter.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

I just wanted to keep getting better and better and better, and that's just my mindset.

To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true.

I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers.

Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.

I never wanted to let go of the opportunity, and so I hit upon 'VIP 2'.

Elvis came along when I was 10. My father gave me a bass ukulele. I taught myself how to play from a book to play some chords, so I was laying down 'Hound Dog' and things like that when I was 10 years old in 1955. That's the way I was. My ear was glued to the radio. I knew right then what I wanted to do.

I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.

When I was 15 and had the light bulb moment I wanted to be an actor, it was my sole focus and goal, and I went after it with determination.

I wanted to be someone who wanted to produce music, and here I am, and I'm happy about it.

I just wanted to sing, to get my voice heard. I knew I had to do everything possible to stay in the industry.

I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first actual acting class was in eighth grade. I was obsessed with it.

After my primary school education, I started gathering little children by visiting parents to ask if they wanted somebody to care for their kids by teaching them the Bible. I have never attended any seminary school or Bible college in my life.

When I was thirteen I only wanted to be a drummer.

I wanted to get my coaching badges after retiring, and I asked to take the exam, but they told me I needed to study for four years. I told them they were crazy. Who is going to study for four years? How is someone going to teach me technical things when I know more than they do?

I have always wanted to become a musician and a singer.

Finding ballet gave me passion for the first time in my life. I was always very shy and just wanted to fit in; I never daydreamed about what I wanted to be when I grew up. But dancing gave me a connection to my personality that made me grow.

As a captain and as a player I wanted to lead the team well and score runs, because I know the team still depends on me very much.

I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.

I wanted to be the best footballer in Belgian history. That was my goal. Not good. Not great. The best.