Quotes About Dedication

We'd get right up and go straight to the beach for practice. Afterward, we'd leave on our wringing, dirty clothes and jump in the ocean. Then we'd leave them drying on the beach. That was our laundry break. Then, we'd play all afternoon.

October baseball is what it's all about.

I've always wanted to be on a winning team, be competitive and have something to shoot for in October. It's never been a money situation.

I raced from 1 February to 31 October every year, competed for everything.

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.

In the odd moment when I am not thinking about horses, I write books.

Of course I have the odd bad game like other players. But I can't accept that. Especially when things don't go right for United. It all means so much to me to be succesful here. It drives me crazy at times.

Read everything. Write all the time. And if you can do anything else that gives you equal pleasure and allows you to sleep soundly at night, do that instead. The writing life is an odd one, to say the least.

Writing is this odd act, right? To sit and type, or write by hand, or whatever people do. And it requires a real discipline because it is really a sheer act of will that you're creating something, and you're doing it by yourself.

Working 16-hour days to ensure that I can pay my bills has been a bulk of my entrepreneurship life. And on days when I don't, odds are I'm running to the airport.

When 'Soorma' was first discussed with me, 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' was fresh in my memory because when I saw it and saw the hard work that went into making Milkha Singh an iconic figure, I felt that a biopic should also be made highlighting the odds that I've fought to make it so far in life.

Despite the odds we fought, 'Sanam Re' has turned out very well and I am very proud of my crew.

During the off-season, I try to increase my practice sessions, and I am also training with my coaches.

We don't have an off-season. Every other sport has an off-season. It just goes to show how tough we are.

I know sometimes in the off-season I have to motivate myself to get on the ice because I know there's so long until the competitions begin again.

My favourite place to train is in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where I train with my aunt and sister during the off-season. It is basically a flat, grassy area by the side of the road where we have made a path to run on.

Football has an off-season. Basketball has an off-season. TV has an off-season. Everything has an off-season except wrestling.

I've always kind of had a deal with my wife where, in the off-season, I'm kind of clean-shaven, and during the season just kind of let it go.

I've looked up to Michael Jordan because not only was he an assassin on offense, he was an assassin on defense.

In the NBA, it's different. You must do everything. Defense, offense, shooting, everything. I wanted to prove myself here and I will prove myself here.

The best players in this game are consistent, year in and year out. That's what I'm trying to do on defense. It's harder to do on offense, but I'm trying my best to do that, too.

To be really honest, I do not mind whether it is offense or defense. I just like being in on plays and doing what needs to be done to help us win.

I always try to play hard as possible to help my team - it doesn't matter if it's on defense or offense. I would say when I was young I was playing like that, too.

I do whatever the team needs to do on offense or defense, whatever it is to win. And I'm a competitor.