Quotes About Dedication

My grandad was a submariner; my mum's dad was in the navy.

The stage is near and dear to me.

To be able to inspire somebody just by doing something that you love, just by creating your art, is something that's very near and dear to my heart.

But Toto is something that's very near and dear to me, and we feel so fortunate and blessed to have been able to have a career playing music for all this time.

I know it's near the end and when it's over I want to be able to say to myself - not anyone else - that I've given it everything. At least in the last part of my career.

When I was small, I was the same as everyone else. I used to play in a small council estate nearby. But it's really my family who taught me. I started watching my dad play from the age of two. I wanted to be like him.

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.

If I was a manager, I wouldn't want a 'nearly man' in my team. Not a chance.

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.

I'm sure everyone knows that my heart is and always will be with the players, the fans and the entire Dodger family. I've cared about the Dodgers for nearly my entire life, and nothing can change my allegiance to this franchise.

I was Pippa on 'Home And Away' for nearly a decade.

My father, A. M. Rosenthal, edited the 'Times' for nearly 20 years and worked at the paper for many more.

My locker is a business place. I keep my locker really neat, which I think is different than most people.

Just to be able to say you're No. 1, you are the best golfer on the planet, just for one day, would be the best thing ever. Knowing that you were the best in the world would be pretty neat.

For Nebraska and for America, I will continue my commitment to our national security, economic security, and family security.

I just want the fans of the book to be happy. I don't necessarily care about anyone else.

Whether it's boxing or in life, I've gotten here by any means necessary.

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

The job is so fantastic, you don't need a hobby. The hobby is going to work.

You need just as much drive to be a good businessman as you do to excel as an athlete.

School was very important. But I needed to watch basketball.

No matter how many years you have been dancing, I feel a guru is always needed for motivation and inspiration.

I was very excited about a currency that was not controlled by a central government, that could be a free market currency. That was all the incentive I needed to dedicate my life to it.

I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.