Quotes About Commitment

My parents had a certain resolve to them that I don't see as so prevalent today. Through good times and bad, they were committed to one another. Their relationship wasn't something to be constantly examined or picked apart.

When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play.

I just want to do well in every game that I'm picked to play.

The negative thing about working on a breakfast show is that the alarm goes off at 2:15 A.M., and I get picked up at 2:30 A.M. That's just insanely early.

I am never not going to want to play for England so I don't care how old I am. If I am doing well I hope I am going to get picked.

I think as a parent, I made a choice to bring life into the world and they picked me to be their father, so I try to live beyond the expectations I have of myself.

I've been trying to prove myself since I picked up this brown ball at the age of 7.

As a member of Westboro Baptist Church, I became a fixture on picket lines across the country.

It was a difficult decision picking Nigeria over England.

I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.

There are lots of procedural shows that I love, but I never really wanted to be a doctor on 'E.R.' - which I'm just picking as an example - or be on a crime procedural.

Every song that we wrote for the first album made it. We didn't think about writing a bunch of songs and picking the best ones. We had to just make the best songs we ever wrote.

I've led a career of having to take work to see my family, over picking and choosing, instead of 'I need food on the table and I don't know how I'm going to pay the mortgage.'

Membership of the E.U. is not about cherry picking. It brings a lot of advantages and, of course, it requires a lot of responsibilities.

It doesn't matter who picks me up, I'm going to try and be a franchise player for them.

My job, if someone picks me, is to come and perform. That's what we do for a living.

You can't really be picky and choosy for your first lead role.

It's often out of my own insecurity. If I'm picky, it's for that reason. I want to be able to bring my best to the table. So if I'm not connecting to something, then I'm not gonna hold up my end of the bargain, and that's really embarrassing.

I don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television.

I don't want to be picky and say that I only want to do films.

If given a chance, I would love to baby-sit my friend's children as I love kids and maybe organize a small picnic for them. But due to my busy schedule it doesn't happen often.

I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.

I wanted to be the first girl in my class to get married. From the seventh grade on, I used to write in my yearbook under each senior's picture, 'married' or 'engaged.' I had marriage on the brain.