Quotes About Dedication

Elle servait des pommes de terre et du lait du matin au soir pour que je sois assise dans un amphi à écouter parler de Platon

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilization.

Anyone can be a father, but it takes a lot to be a daddy.

A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.

"Dead last" is greater than "did not finish" which trumps "did not start."

I may not be the strongest. I may not be the fastest. But I'll be damned if I'm not trying my hardest.

Professional athletes have been blessed by God.

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.

It's easy to be just a basketball player, get paid and come here to do that. But to be professional about it is different.

The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be.

I wanted to be a professional drummer.

All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense.

We're professional footballers, so we have to go out there and perform as best we can and try and get the results that we want.

I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting.

You can decide at 17 that you want to be a professional player. In Argentina, they start very young. They go to school in the morning and then do polo in the afternoon.

I wasn't really interested in girls. Only football. I was just enjoying football all the time. There was a five-a-side next to the flat, and I used to play there all the time. It was all about football. I wanted to be a professional. That was my goal. I didn't want to be anything other than a footballer.

Acting like an adult and being professional on set and getting my work done has just been a lifestyle for me. It's not something I have to try hard to do, necessarily.

My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.

If there was no fame involved and very minimal money - which is the case for most actors - I'd still be doing it. If I wasn't good enough to be a professional, I'd be an amateur actor.

I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not. It's a discipline. So that's definitely different. It's part of maturing as a person and as a professional.

Well, first of all, they're all about the music and all I care about in my professional career is the music.

I'm too professional, too much of a perfectionist to take my eye off the ball.

As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can.