Quotes About Dedication

Average leaders inspire people to punch a time clock. Great leaders inspire industry and passion.

I'd rather somebody punch me in the face than drop my sax.

Ever since I joined the Cavilers, my job has always been the same. I just come out and play hard. Be a hard hat guy, punch in the clock and just play my game. That's not going to change.

Guys see that I come to work every day, punch the clock. They see that, and I think my voice is respected because of it.

Boxing is a buzz, but I went into it to make a living. I wasn't going to go into the ring and get punched in the head for the fun of it.

Johnnie Cochran hasn't spent 20 years serving people in low-income, minority neighborhoods, ridding them of gangs and narcotics. I have. He hasn't been shot at and punched. I have. I've paid my dues to be able to say I'm not a racist.

Everybody in my band is a lion, and everyone's mastered their own domain... And we have a platform, and we have built it painstakingly and punched ourselves in the face every way we could to get where we are.

I like training hard. I like to punch the face. I like getting punched in the face.

I want to go out there and try as hard as I can to be the best in that ring. And for me, that doesn't mean cutting flips and cartwheels and not selling punches.

I've been boxing since I was eight, and that's a long time to take punches day after day.

As an amateur, there are three rounds, and you have to give it all you have, throw as many punches as you can.

I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.

Taking punches to the face at six in the morning, it's funny to hear that but, like, I'm grateful that I'm capable to do that.

I throw a bunch of combos to get to my wrestling, but my punches land, too.

Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales are the guys I want to base myself on. They fight with their whole heart and with such work-rate. They just don't stop punching. I want to be like that - never boring.

I am very punctual about time, eating, and work.

Being the daughter of an army officer, I am always punctual.

Normally, if I've got an audition, I'm punctual, I've learnt my lines, and I'll go looking smart.

Talking to a player helps, but in our sport the majority of learning happens from watching another player. You pick up things like being punctual, being nice to everyone, making sure you give your 100 per cent even in training.

There were players who could leave the result at Anfield, but me? No chance. I got involved in the running of two restaurants in Liverpool to take my mind off football but, before the opening night of each one, I'd played badly. It meant I couldn't enjoy the party. It felt like I had to punish myself.

I'm not always the guy getting knocked down a whole lot. My body probably hasn't been punished as much as the other guys have been. I think it's because I show up every day, and I try to do my best - give everything I have.

Writing a really good screenplay is not easy. It can be a very punishing form.

I want to be a champion for a long time, and I want to take the least amount of punishment possible doing so.

Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.