Quotes About Dedication

When you totally commit yourself to a project and do your work quietly and well, unknown friends will find you and angels will surround you.

Good quarterbacks were hard to find. Great quarterbacks were untouchable. Quarterbacks who understood the cap game and how to motivate their teammates were perhaps one of a kind.

They truly respect those who do grunt work, so much so that they are willing to promote them if they show the aptitude to be promoted.

Michael Hutchinson

At times it felt like I was killing myself. And yet the only thing I could recall at that moment was how much fun it had been, and how wonderful it was to do this for a living.

I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made.

Writing is a lot like sex: at first you do it because you enjoy it. Then you find yourself doing it with others. But if you're any good at all, you end up doing it for less money than it's worth.

leaders of great companies are both very humble and very persistent.

What is a good definition of a disciple of Jesus? Do you agree with the statement, "All disciples are believers, but not all believers are disciples"? Why or why not? Are you a disciple of Jesus? Who is a disciple of Jesus today? Is discipleship optional?

Well, especially now I come to realize - and then - I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and I'd record for hours and hours until it's time to go to sleep.

Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

Practice like you never won; play like you never lost.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.

What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!