Quotes About Dedication

I think for me the main goal that I have, or at least what I really aspire to, is to raise the level of chess.

A lot of people see a future where you could make a living as a chess player.

If you are serious about being a professional chess player, do know what your parents think and what their expectations are from you.

A fan had written my name on his chest with blood once. That was not just crazy but scary, too!

For anyone to question our fight or desire I think is wrong. They should know how much it means to play for England - how much to wear the Three Lions on your chest.

Being able to win gold would be huge because you're playing for so much more than your team, your organization, or your city. You're playing for your country, and to be able to represent Team U.S.A. across your chest and go up there and compete, it's the highest honor.

I don't know whether endurance sports attract obsessional people, or training for endurance sports makes people obsessional... it's the chicken and the egg.

We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.

Chiefs fans know how I feel about them and so do the Atlanta Falcons fans.

I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.

I gave up my childhood for a career.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

Generally speaking, I'm lazy. I really don't like to do anything but sit around and chill out and watch TV, but if it's something I like, if it's something I'm into, then no one can outwork me.

Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.

I'm just trying to win something... I play with a chip on my shoulder, a real passion.

I've had a chip on my shoulder every year that I've played.

I'm always chipping away at myself, fine-tuning the music that I want to do and the influence I want to have.

I just really love building chips.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

My three addictions of choice are food, love and work.

I've made choices that work with my family. I want to work and I want to be with my family so I just walk the tight-rope of showing up for both those things.

I was in this boys' choir for five years, when I was 10 until 15.

My parents told me either I choose badminton, or school has to make the best of me.

People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.