Quotes About Dedication

As it is, I played 99 per cent of my football in the Premier League and I'd proud of that fact. That's where my history is.

I don't see any difference between any games, whether it's a Premier League game, a cup game, an FA Cup game; all those games are the same for me. I want to score in every single game I play.

He's Soderbergh, we're working for him. It doesn't matter what he's doing; we'll see it at the premiere.

Before 'Y Tu Mama,' I did 16 movies that only my family got to see because I invited them to the premiere.

We do not question an athlete who is disciplined in order to achieve their goals, and yet as parents the same premise is not applied.

Sometimes you pay a premium to get what you want.

Everyone's got talent at the level we're at. But being a smart, tough football player - there's a huge premium for that.

I do see a lot of young artists who write records or sacrifice records, because there are a lot of older artists who are preoccupied; they don't have as much time as they used to to be in the studio.

You know those hard days you go home where you've been worked to the bone and you just want to do nothing? In fight prep, every day is that day.

You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.

You have to be sharp when the camera's rolling. I want to be totally unselfconscious, like a child playing. I do as much prep as possible so I can lose myself for those seconds.

I went to a prep school in Chicago, and my dad and mom worked really hard - even though we lived in the ghetto - to get me to there. A lot of it had to do with 'Stand and Deliver' and 'Dead Poet's Society.' It does help you. It inspires you. It definitely did for me.

I'm so OCD about prep work and learning lines and stuff.

We record when I have a hole in the schedule. Sometimes night, sometimes afternoon, sometimes morning - we fit it in when we can. I prep for episodes all the time.

Obviously, I'm a female in sports. You work really hard, you prep really hard, you put a lot into the show, so when you have certain comments, and people are saying, 'Oh you add nothing,' or, 'You got your job because of this.' Really? Why don't you look at my master's degree?

Anybody that comes in, a new person is supposed to spend six months downstairs in the basement doing prep work. I didn't. I got on the line right away.

My preparation is about precision. It is a science.

Each fight has its own preparations and challenges.

My gratification in working comes from the preparation and the building of the character.

The only focus for me is on my preparation, my execution, and what I can do for the team.

I keep my focus on the team and concentrate on the best possible match preparations.

I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.

I don't really take into account what the media says. People have their own opinions about what goes on, but they don't see what goes on behind the scenes with an athlete and their preparation.

I don't think I'm an actor who takes their characters home with him. But I certainly do take the preparation home.