Quotes About Commitment

I guess it's ridiculously romantic, but I wanted to be a full tilt, sink-or-swim writer.

You could look at Tim Brown, you walk in the locker room and you knew you were going to get consistency with him as a person and as a player.

Tim Duncan did it. Dirk Nowitzki did it. I just want to be one of those guys... that stays for the city, play for the city for 20 years.

I feel like I'm the Tim Duncan of boxing.

I want to be that type of guy - I want to be Kobe Bryant. I want to be Tim Duncan. I want to be Dirk Nowitzki - stay with one team my whole career.

There's a lot that goes into being Tim McGraw or Kenny Chesney. They have great songs, their show is great, they're very fit. When you look at somebody who takes care of themselves, takes care of their business, that's what every CEO would do.

When you're coming up, and you have Matt Hughes, Tim Sylvia, Jens Pulver and Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn to train with and compete with - guys that have fought in Japan, all over the world - and you see these guys every day, you just embrace the grind and get after it: you have no choice but to succeed.

When Tim and I first discussed the part in 2003, he told me, 'I'd love for you to play five Oompas.' But five Oompas quickly turned into 165 - and they're not computerized; I did each one individually myself.

I think everybody's ideal is to have a wonderful career with one franchise, like Kobe and Tim Duncan.

Coaching is something I really would do. A lot of people don't think I'm serious about it. I like working with the kids. When you work with the guys one-on-one and get them to understand it's a little bit better. That's the way I was taught by Tim Grgurich. That's how he taught us.

I admire Tim Duncan, because he put on his hard hat and said, 'I'm going to stick it out.' He was dedicated to one team and to winning a championship.

I feel a responsibility to not only live up to expectations, but the standard of which the likes of Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili have set for us.

For me, one of my favorites, director-wise, is Tim Burton. I also really admire the work of actors like Sean Penn. He is probably my favorite actor because of his dedication and commitment to roles, and the ability to morph and change himself when he needs to. It's about dedication and commitment and a passion.

If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

If you could get all the people in the organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

Progress takes time and discipline.

The difference between the greats and the legends is their ability to focus for longer periods of time.

Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.

Spend more time in study and prayer. That's the secret of successful evangelism.

Increasingly, there's much better material on television, but there's not always the time and money to make it, so you've got to make sure you make it in the right place. It also depends on time commitment; a lot of directors will make a pilot, but a series is just a whole other level of involvement.

When kids invest their time and money in coming to see us, we owe it to them to give them the best night of their lives.

People don't want to read about my work with the homeless or the time and money I pour into animal rescue and organizations that fight poaching.

When you are working, be the director's and producer's actor. Value their time and money, be punctual, disciplined, and don't misuse perks that you get as an actor.