Quotes About Dedication

If I couldn't compete, I wouldn't ride. I don't ride for fun; I ride to prepare for the next competition, and everything that I do when I am in the saddle is always a calculated step in my path to the next win.

When you're acting, you do have to prepare yourself for doing that. You have to leave behind - or you try and leave behind - anything that's going on in your personal life.

There is a lot of information to know, but I prepare for the NFL Draft by coming to work every day.

I have lived my dream and played at the finest of cricket grounds across the globe, and I want to thank the groundsmen, clubs, associations, and everyone who painstakingly prepare the arena for our performances.

I prepare a lot. For 'The Artist Is Present,' it took me a year to teach my body not to produce acids.

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.

I only know one thing. I have been bred through the Heat organization to do it one way. And every day, you prepare.

I just prepare and train to be able to stay on top as long as I can and retire on top.

I have lost close to 20 kilos, and it has kind of helped prepare my character for 'Sanam Teri Kasam.'

On fight night, you show up. And the question becomes, 'Did you or did you not do the work that is going to prepare you for what is about to occur?' And I just think that's a beautiful thing.

It is a lot of pressure to prepare for the Mr. Olympia.

I'm a student of the game, and any time you take more reps in a game, it's going to prepare you more.

I don't have to prepare any differently because it's Messi, because every day in training I am up against people like Rooney, Berbatov, Ronaldo, and Tevez, so you know what to do against big players.

I want to do roles which excite me, where I am eager to get up early, prepare, and reach for the shoot.

I was not nervous while making 'Nazar' because I was well prepared. I took three months to prepare. When I went on the sets, I knew what I was doing.

The better you can prepare your players and the more you can put their minds to it is really important.

Only knowing two hours before the game that you are playing is not a problem. You prepare as though you're playing. If you don't, that's the mistake.

I prepare for every game the same.

I had to prepare hard for number four because that's not where I batted all my life.

I feel if I'm playing an athlete, I know I have to prepare. I need to get that body language right, I need to walk like an athlete, look like an athlete. If I'm playing a musician, I need to know how to play an instrument.

Even if you're in a backup role, you've always got to prepare yourself.

I just want to go out and compete. Plus the main thing is, at 55 I need a good amount of time to prepare just to make the weight cut. At 70 I can just take fights as they come and just compete as much as I want.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.