Quotes About Dedication

Of course I have other passions... but my real investment obviously without a second thought is LVMH and what my father created.

There's a lot of American citizens out there that do jobs that they hate, day in and day out. For me to do what I love to do, with people that I like and enjoy being around who are chasing the same dream, same passions, to have that around you day in and day out, I think it says a lot.

Music has always been one of my life's greatest passions - shaping, influencing and motivating me on a daily basis.

I'm passionate about what I do. I'd be naive to be passive.

It was very clear I wasn't giving my all in the past - not even close.

Even if you see me with some pasta, I'm still strangling and arm-locking people at least five days a week and I need that.

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

If I wasn't an actor, I think I would be a pastor.

I am a pastor so I eat and breathe the Church.

I'm a military brat; my mother's a pastor. There's been a lot of order in my life that I don't have control over, that I just dedicate myself to.

Pastry chefs are very particular people - we like a controlled environment; we don't like an audience.

Pat Tillman is a hero of mine.

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

Pat Metheny's my hero, man. I've got so much from Metheny's music.

I'm not Abdul-Jabbar or Pat Ewing or Mark Eaton. I'm Shawn Bradley and I'm going to do my best each time I step on the court. When the game is over, it's over.

One of my goals is to be Defensive Player of the Year. One of my goals is to be Rookie of the Year. And one of my long-term goals is to be walking across that stage with a jacket on and a nice little patch on it that says 'Hall of Fame.'

Braves fans are one-of-a-kind. Your passion to win comes close to equaling that of the players that go out on the field each and every game. But when the team goes through rough patches, you're there to encourage and cheer and believe that things will turn around.

Boxing is one of the hardest jobs in the world, so when I found my career path, what I'd learnt in the boxing gym meant I was head and shoulders above everybody else.

Music is a passion of mine, so I also want to continue along that path, creating with my friends.

I've never cared for the idea of a career path, or where a film might 'take me.' My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.

Focus on making you the best you can be as an actor, and follow your own path.

In the 84 days after Beijing I had, on average, three things a day and one day off. I didn't sleep in the same bed for more than two nights in a row. It sounds a bit pathetic but it was exhausting - it was like really intensive training with no rest days.

Normally I'm the type who wouldn't bail on a responsibility unless dead on the side of the road, and I believe deeply in the importance of continuing to follow our own paths.

I've crossed paths with fanatical fans all over the world.