Quotes About Dedication

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

As a fan, there are times you get frustrated as to what you think a team ought to be doing.

My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential. For me, that means working with the best people and working with the best material.

I have a short time to play this game. I'm trying to get every ounce of it out of my body.

I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.

When the fans were watching my dad, you could never tell if this was real or is this fake, and that's what made him so special. Every ounce of energy went to being The Nature Boy.

I've worked with a lot of great, glamorous girls in movies and the theater. They would always give their last ounce to get where they wanted to be.

In the research I did for 'Apollo,' there was never a moment's hesitation by anyone that we would do anything other than save these guys, until every resource, every ounce of energy was spent. And I'm very proud of that aspect of our culture.

If 1,500 people are gonna see me and they each pay $20, I want to give them everything that I possibly can. They just made an exchange that allows me to live a dream of mine since I was a child. And that's not lost on me. So I want to expend every ounce of power and energy I have.

That's what a professional does, focuses every week, every practice, every play, every game, every ounce of energy you have.

This is what being an athlete's all about, being able to give back to our community, the people that support us night in, night out.

To me, being an All Black means following our dreams.

We are all trying to achieve our dreams.

David Longstreth is one of the great guitar heroes of our generation.

Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.

I say from my experience that, you know, I have to do my career, and, you know with us, our careers come first, and, you know, anybody we're with has to take a back seat to that and understand that these are our lives.

The best part of our lives is just every day when we are writing.

For as long as I can remember, our family has been huge Cardinals fans. My grandpa is a personal friend of Whitey Herzog's; they were neighbors for decades. Our love and support of the Cardinals definitely runs deep.

I mean, you go to the internet and you can see all these conversations and arguments that our fans have about our music and that's wonderful to know, that people would take the time to be that involved.

It's nice to have fans who want and need our music.

Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.

We wouldn't be where we are without people loving our music.

We've always believed in our music.

All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe.