Quotes About Dedication

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet.

My dedication to trying to be a poet started very, very young, and I was very well encouraged by good teachers and by older friends and so on, so I think it is a benediction, and I also think it is a calling, a duty.

But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most.

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

My father would take me to auditions and put me in the room right in the corner because he was watching me; he couldn't get a babysitter. He'd be at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the LES until four in the morning, trying to tell his story and using his craft, but because he had a kid that didn't let him stop.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

You finish the damn match, point blank, period. That's it, and I always finish, even if I'm finishing on my back.

One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.

Growing up in college, in high school, I was the focal point.

I'm not going to be the guy that says, 'I'm the new point guard, look at me, look at me, put me on billboards and sell my jersey.' I'm not going to be him. I'm going to do my job.

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view.

From a personal point of view, I wouldn't have been happy with one cap but would always have been happy with two. I never counted on getting to 80.

When I go out onto the pitch, I don't do so thinking about objectives or the need to win. I think about enjoying it, but from a point of view of responsibility and of giving your all.

Snooker has been really, really tough for me from a personal point of view because to be at the top and to stay at the top you've got to put the hours in.

If I'm on stage and ministering my heart and pointing people to Christ, then that's all I can do.

I'm not saying coaching has never crossed my mind. But it's worth pointing out that if I decided tomorrow that I wanted to be a manager and I started getting my badges through the FA, it would take me four and a half years to complete my training.

When I first came to Chelsea, I couldn't kick the ball, and it was pointless, me playing, really. But I tried to play through the pain for the manager who bought me.

As a player, you look where I've come from, averaging 'X' amount of points, to where I am now, an All-Star.

Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game.

Once you are on court, it doesn't matter the way you look. It doesn't help you win points.

I used to be a person who just peaked for the big events, not doing too many competitions, but now you've got to go round chasing all the points because if you're not taking them, someone else is.

I think all the roles I've done have been very passionate people who go to absolute extremes to make their points.

Amazingly enough, athletic achievement is one of those things that seems larger than life at points. I think we all look to sport for inspirations.