Quotes About Commitment

Unfortunately, I don't have much free time

I didn't practise it loads when I was at the academy in Spain, but when I got on the ATP Tour it's something I dedicated a lot of time to.

I'm on the road so much that I don't get to spend as much time there as I would like.

I went to night school and summer school, I made that whole year up and I actually graduated on time. Also, I got a part-time job at the radio station.

I wake up every morning thinking...this is my last day. And I jam everything into it. There's no time for mediocrity. This is no damned dress rehearsal.

Not just when its easy. All the time.

For 10 or 11 years, I had my kids, I wrote four or five books, and I was working all the damn time.

My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you don't wait for inspiration.

I'm not going to marry a third time. It is just not necessary.

And telling you I care about you is a waste of time. I wouldn't have crossed the ocean, come out of hiding, tracked you down, if you didn't matter to me.

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

You become responsible for a long time for what you've tamed.

People say, My God, you're so disciplined. But it has nothing to do with discipline; I loved it. Because I knew that every time I went to the gym I was one step closer to winning the competition.

I'm an activist; I have to be angry all the time. That's what we do!

There is no time to fail.

Establishing and keeping a routine can be even more important than having a lot of time.

There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.

So as I was growing up, my father was always in the middle of making a film or preparing a film. It was a full-time, all-consuming type of operation.

At the same time, preparation is important to playoff success.

Are you crazy?" I said. "Crazy about you." "Patch!" "Don't worry, we've got time." "How do you know?" He staggered back a step, with his hand over his heart. "Your lack of faith hurts.

Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.

Make sure you're realistic about what you can do, but if you have a good lead with something, making the plunge into full-time writing is the only way to go.

To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didnt sign to Atlantic just for the money.