Quotes About Dedication

The Blossoms had gotten so we were working seven days a week, three or four sessions a day, which was literally killing us, physically. With the instruments that the musicians play, they can do that, but not with us using our voices.

There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.

Siren voices tell me, 'You don't have to keep going on.' And then you think, 'I'm a writer. What do I do? Sit there watching my wife clean up?' I don't know. I like being a writer.

There were a small number of voices that said, 'Darvish only cares about strikeouts.' Although I may have had strikeouts in my mind, fans, team, teammates and team staff were always my top priority.

My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed.

I haven't spent years, like Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices, toiling for female economic empowerment on five continents.

We know how hard we've worked, we know how our choreography makes us feel empowered. We have our voices, which are incredible and kind of surpass anything else.

We really can't go out and party every night like a lot of bands do - we have to keep our voices right for the show. It's a bummer, but you gotta do what you gotta do to live the dream.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.

I usually play volleyball three times a week.

I'd like to thank everyone who has given me the opportunity to play with the best beach volleyball players in the world.

I tried everything from basketball to volleyball to soccer, but dancing was the only thing I never complained about.

I have been playing beach volleyball since I was 10. I'm very passionate about this game and every summer I have been practising with my friend.

Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport.

I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids.

I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.

I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college.

My mom is a former volleyball player.

In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton - two sports every season - and I was named female athlete of the year twice.

I played a lot of sports growing up - soccer, softball, basketball, track - and started playing on a club team when I was 12. That's when I fell in love with volleyball.

I'm losing money by being here. But in the long run, we're happy we chose to stay. I would not be helping American volleyball if I was over in Italy.

I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball.

I've always played sport, ever since I was little. I played volleyball and I believe sport teaches you a lot, such as teamwork, respect and discipline.

When I got to high school, I was going to do sports, but I got kicked off the volleyball team because I kept missing it for musical theater.