Quotes About Commitment

There's a big difference between charity and between activism and philanthropy. They're very different things and I think, you know, everybody should find a passion or a cause that they can really get behind, but it has to be organic.

Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.

The name of the show was 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' not 'Philip and Viv of Bel-Air.' If you didn't want to walk away from the best job in the world over a petty issue, you accepted the way it was.

I couldn't say no to A. Philip Randolph and no to Martin Luther King, Jr. These two men, I loved them, I admired them, and they were my heroes.

I will not settle to become No. 2. Ever since I was a child, even before coming here to the Philippines, I've always believed in doing my best.

What I want to advice our fans, not only in the Philippines but anywhere in the world, is to always give your all in anything that you do.

I am merely doing my best to represent the Philippines in weightlifting.

Philly will be the place for me for my whole career.

I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.

I always tried to win. Philly saw that.

The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.

My philosophy is that you do what you have to do.

I'm doing what I love to do. Martial arts is my everything. It's my life, my philosophy, how I think, who I am.

I am an example of a person who got zeroed into a philosophy early.

When a guy comes unofficially, then he, to me, is sending you a message that, 'You know what? Hey, I'm interested in Clemson.' Now, he may hate it when he gets here. But at least he came on his own. That's just my personal philosophy.

Martial arts, for me, is not just some kind of job to gain some money or whatever. No, martial arts, for me, is my lifestyle, my religion, my philosophy... Martial arts are everything for me.

My philosophy has always been to do the job I do to the very best of my ability and to be myself within it.

You do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.

People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy.

Parent hard, play hard. That's my philosophy.

I have an incredible phobia of divorce.

I'm not playing for any other organization. I'm Phoenix Mercury until I'm done.

I was on the board at my children's school in Phoenix: I was Mr. Daddy Daycare.

Phoenix Nights' was really starting to take off. But I was scared to leave my job in case things didn't work out.