Quotes About Commitment

Like usual, what I want is not important, what I'm supposed to do that counts.

Music, reality shows, acting, all of them are ways to express my feelings. So I will continue to try to do my best in all those categories.

I kept myself busy by taking up offers as a judge in reality shows.

You do your best with the realization that nothing gets you in ring-shape better than being in the ring.

Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our films through.

It's only in the act of pushing yourself, challenging yourself to make a contribution to your community, to your family, to your country, that you actually realize your full self, you know?

Our state is great, but it can be greater and I am committed to helping realize that potential.

I can't tell you how many times I quit only to realize that when the work has been your life, you don't really have a life without it.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.

Eventually, I realized that I would not have a life until I buckled down. Once I did, I auditioned for Juilliard - and that changed everything.

One thing I realized, I was making too many excuses and not taking responsibility for how I was playing.

I'm very passionate about the game, but I don't want to do it as a living. I feel confident in the path that I'm taking now and I didn't feel confident in the path that I was taking with golf - I just realized that I don't want to play professionally.

While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these people took what they were doing.

Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.

I mean, I guess I realized subconsciously that this is what I should be doing before I realized it, consciously. Verbally, I don't think I had committed to it, even though I was driving everywhere, every night, just trying to get on stage.

After failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service.

When I first starting conceiving series like 'Courtney,' 'Polly,' 'How Loathsome,' etc., I was shooting for closed story-arcs but open-ended concepts. Then I started realizing I was committing myself to potentially endless series.

One of the secrets of having a long-term relationship is realizing that even if you think the other person's great, at some point, they're going to mess up and annoy you.

Service is key. And as I have more on my plate, and I have more ambitions and more goals and things I want for myself, I'm realizing more and more how important it is to be a servant.

A lot of it is maturity and getting older. You know, sort of getting married and realizing you're not out there for yourself anymore.

If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

If you really are passionate about it, you're just going to find a way to make it happen.