Quotes About Commitment

I was not the best in my youth teams, I was not the most naturally gifted, but I gave everything to get where I was and the reward came my way.

I really don't believe in being 'gifted.' I really think what you put in is what you get. People say, 'Oh, this guy is so athletic and so naturally talented,' well think about it. He's been doing martial arts since the age of 4 or whatever.

I'm all about making my girl feel like she's the only woman in the world. Whether it's telling her how special she is or showing her with gifts and romantic dates, I want to make her happy.

My wife and I don't believe in exchanging gifts. A happy and healthy life together is our gift to each other.

There'll be some opportunities for other things post-playing, but it's like, 'Man, I don't want to give this gig up.'

I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.

If I thought about it before I went on, I would have never went on. So, therefore, you don't think about it; you have to talk yourself then into, 'Listen, this is it. This is the gig. Broadway or no Broadway, you've got to do your job.'

The thing is that business and success, and how hard it is, doesn't look any different whether you're playing a gig at eleven o'clock at night or you're going to work at nine in the morning at a law firm.

You never approach any prof or semi-professional sport as a hit and giggle.

I paid my dues. I have crawled to gigs. I have served people coffee. I worked hard selling all these records out the back of my car. Girl, I'm ready to sell one the real way now.

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

Idris Elba saved my butt in a point in my career that he can do whatever he wants, and I will back his decision no matter what. He got me one of my first pretty big studio gigs, and we had never worked together... It was a time in my life where I really needed it. So whatever Idris wants to do, I'm down with.

I learned a lot from playing those late-night, 1-to-4 A.M. gigs with my band, and playing when no one was listening.

I went around driving myself to gigs everywhere, and eventually, people just kept coming back.

One of the things I loved about Black Sabbath was, when we were on the road, there were times we had been on the road for so long and we were tired and we were exhausted. We would show up at gigs and we were so tired that we would be fast asleep in the dressing room. Our road manager would come in and say, '20 minutes, guys.'

I'm married to football, baseball is my girlfriend.

Only I know how hard I trained. I left my family, my girlfriend, and the people I love in Brazil to train in the United States with 'Macaco' five or six times a day.

I feel comfortable with what I do and I guess that my girlfriend feels the same.

I don't go in there thinking about my family, friends, girlfriend, or my daughter. I want to prove to my coach that I'm the best. I don't care about anyone else.

I don't want a girlfriend because that means I've got a responsibility. I have a responsibility to call you. I have a responsibility not to be with another woman. I have a responsibility to be there on time when you need me.

My career is my girlfriend.

I don't have a girlfriend. I don't know if I have a type, but I really like girls who are driven. I really care about music, so I like it when a girl really cares about something too. Whatever it is they are into, I'll be their biggest fan.

For my 21st birthday, my now-wife, at the time girlfriend, flew across the country and showed up at my house.

I don't think I'm marriage material, to tell you the truth. I'd be a bad choice. But I'd be darling at being a girlfriend.