Quotes About Dedication

I want to be the best actor that I can be; I want to be working in this business absolutely, and if that means being a movie star, then OK, that's fine. But to me, movie star, celebrity, all that stuff means something very different than being an actor.

When you find something that you really love to do, you kind of just know instantly that, OK yeah, I want to do this for the rest of my life.

When I started out in comedy, it was common knowledge that it took about 10 years to get good. And that was okay because it took you about 9 years to get on television.

For all the marathons I've run, including the Ironmans that I've run, immediately after the race, I clean myself up, do whatever I need to do to make sure I'm okay, and I get right back out there, and I cheer people on. Because it's the people who come in late in the race I find most inspiring.

It is like football with coaches, like, 'We're only going to think about the next game.' It is really true, all you think is, 'Okay, we have to make a good next episode.'

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

I represented the people of Hawaii and this nation honestly and to the best of my ability. I think I did okay.

Vets are close to my heart, okay, and it's not only because I served, okay. It's because of what they go through, okay. A lot of these people have gave their lives, a lot of them have gave their limbs, okay, you know, that's a, that's a, that's a heap, you know.

Through time and dedication, we will make it okay to be a proud Democrat in the South once again.

Playing in a city like Norman, where it's all about Oklahoma football. A no-brainer for me.

When I grew up, and I've said this a lot, but I was a long time Oklahoma fan. I always followed them all the way while growing up in Ohio.

It doesn't matter how old you are, with determination you can make your life what you want it to be.

I worked at Sir-Tech, and then when I got old enough to go to college, I went to college but continued to work at Sir-Tech to put myself through college.

You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't start making shows that are going to win awards. That way madness lies.

I have just one fiddle. It works, and that's it. It has been an old friend.

I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

I'm old school, man. I think, if you want to be the best, then beat the best guys.

There's a lot said now about younger players: that it's just about the cars and houses. I'm from the old school - it's about what you've achieved in the game.

Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true.

I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.

I am very old-fashioned about marriage. It is for life and I mean it. I always knew that when I met the right girl, the life I had before - being single, in a band, girls everywhere - would be over.

I believe when you go out there, you have a responsibility to deliver. I have old-fashioned thinking when I'm out there.

I know I am old-fashioned, but I don't want to bring out a fashion line, I don't want to bring out an album. I just want to do the work as best as I can, and if that effects change for somebody, then that is great. I don't want to change the world.

The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.