Quotes About Commitment

It is super important to know what you are getting yourself into when signing a deal. I learned that the hard way.

Since I've started working on my autobiography, I'm going to slow down work. I've decided to reduce my workload by not signing every film that comes my way.

There is a lot of extra responsibility on you as a player from the academy. You're expected to play and act as a signing, which is pressure, but in a way it pushes you to get a better performance out of yourself.

As soon as a good script comes my way, I waste no time in signing a project.

Someone who signs a contract must respect it.

Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field.

I like the ethos of the military and the idea of joining an institution in which, at the very least, everyone who signs up believes in something.

Whether someone signs something is not what's important. It's what they do and how they do it that matters.

No one signs a contact saying they will always start.

You don't want to be somebody that signs a deal and kind of shuts it down, that's not going to be me at all.

There's no dollar signs involved when I'm playing football.

If you cannot commit several hours per week to maintain the liberty that others afforded you, then you, by your inaction and silent voice, abet those who seek to destroy it.

I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.

I mean, we make a 15-minute show that's incredibly silly, even though all of our scenic designers, puppet builders. animators, everybody that works on the show take their work very seriously. So somebody saying that we'd even be in contention for a very respectable award is really nice.

I didn't believe in marriage; I thought it was a silly concept before I met Matt.

Nothing's handed to you on a silver platter. Everything takes work, no matter how many records you put out.

Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.

With 'Silver Linings,' I didn't feel - I was thinking of certain things, but I just said, 'Let me go with it.' You have to know what you're doing, where you're going with the scenes, and I put a lot of work into that. But when you're out there, at the same time you gotta be ready for anything.

I have always believed it is not enough just to wear the silver fern and I do not regret pushing myself to try to deliver my best possible performance.

I always knew I wanted to have children. When I met my husband, Rande, I thought, 'This is the guy.' When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

Choose a guy who has a similar level of drive as you. There's nothing sexy about being your boyfriend's life coach.

Having a co-founder is incredible, but it has to be the right person: someone who shares your values and ethics, absolutely, but also someone who has a similar vision for the future in terms of their appetite for risk, for low salaries, for hard work.

There's a lot of similarities with everything I try to do with my cricket - it's no different now to my business. You want to be as good as you possibly can. You get out of bed every day to try to become better. The same applies with Hublot - they want to be the first to achieve things.

Here's a pro-tip: there's no such thing as a 'gym person.' There are just people who go to the gym. Similarly, there's no such thing as a 'productive person.' There are just people who do productive things fairly often.