Quotes About Commitment

God knows nobody hated running more than me. Because I was writing and rewriting the script, I thought that I'm going to have to run because I'm going to have to know what it feels like to run.

I always hated acting but I kept on acting.

I'm the type of guy that hates to get out of practice.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

The way I see it hatred, racism and bigotry are like embers that, over time - with honest debate, leadership, and a firm commitment to our moral and democratic values - can be extinguished.

I personally am happy doing a finite series as I can't play a single character for three years. Hats off to the actors who stay in a character for three four years and enjoy every moment of their character.

You're either in it for the long haul or you're not.

If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.

I'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life.

It's been a long haul. It may seem to some people that have never heard of me, 'Oh she just popped up on the scene,' but I've been working on this for some time.

We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul.

My plan was to stay with 'Game of Thrones' for the long haul. That was always my plan. I would have loved to.

When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song.

That's what the sport is all about - stay busy and don't forget to have fun while doing it.

Don't get me wrong; it's not like I didn't go out and have fun. But there's been a lot of players that come to New York and get caught up in the lifestyle, and before you know it, they're sent away to another team because it affected their performance.

I like to have fun on the court. But once the ball goes up - it's all business.

When I started acting, my parents gave me three rules: I had to stay good in school, stay the kid they always knew I was, and I had to have fun. If I wasn't doing those three things, then I couldn't do acting anymore.

I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.

If you cannot have fun on a set and enjoy what you're doing, you're better off giving it up.

I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.

I know when to have fun, but when it comes to my music, I'm really serious about my career.

If you commit to something, you believe it and you have fun with it, people are going to respect that.

It was kind of like an agreement, I guess you can say. It was like, 'Hey, bro, you want to be on Team USA?' And I was like, 'Yeah.' Who would say no to that? It was kind of like, 'Dang, I really get to play for my country. I get to represent and just go out there and have fun.'

I get to do what I love every day, and I've got a great group of people around me that I have fun with. And working out is something I'll do for the rest of my life, so I might as well try to be as good at it while I can.