Quotes About Dedication

We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

You build a fan base over time, and they will accept you as long as it's good. Nothing matters as long as something's good. If it's bad, nobody will see it.

For artists like me nothing matters more than the audience's respect.

Who else is willing to fight Woodley at six weeks' notice? Nobody. That's why it's come to me. But I will dethrone the champion and start a new era. I'll be an active champion, so they can all get in line.

Rafael Cordeiro changed me as a fighter, you can notice that.

It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That's how I feel about Meryl Streep. You watch her, and you can't help but notice all of that about her. She's so influential.

As a director, we work ridiculously hard on every detail, and we do everything to the billionth degree, and mostly people notice nothing.

I think we've done that. But it's not something you really notice, 'cause I've always thought the people here have always done their best, and they continue to do their best. They just might do it a little bit differently.

I've always just worked and tried to do as good a job as possible so that the people who are watching me took notice. That's what's helped me be successful today.

I tend to notice work.

Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much.

If the film is a hit, people talk about the hard work, but if it fails, they may not notice, but I give my best for all films.

If you work really hard at something for a really, really long time, you do it well. Eventually, somebody will notice.

Fight fans always appreciate a fighter who is willing to step up on short notice.

You've really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can't get ready because there's no telling. They'll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.

I've taken fights on short notice while injured to help save shows, and in return I've been taken care of.

If you do every job like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, that's when you get noticed.

If you got the talent and the drive, there are ways to get noticed.

To get noticed you need to work a lot and have a bit of luck. And I'm here to say that it's possible.

I went to school, but nobody really noticed me. I just came to school, didn't dress up or anything - just a ghost. I just worked out and went out to the field and went the baseball route. That's how I've always been my whole life.

I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that.

It is not me who is to be noticed. It is my work.

Ever since third grade - I never even noticed it until after the game - people were telling me how crazy my dad is. I think I'm so locked in when I'm playing on the floor, I only hear him maybe during timeouts or when we're up 20 or 30 and I'm on the bench. But when I'm in the game, I don't hear him.

When I was, like, 18, that's when I started to really take my own craft seriously and just noticed people were enjoying it. And when I put out my first mixtape, that's when I realized I could make this a career.