Quotes About Commitment

To get on a show where you're acting day in and day out for many, many hours - 15-16 hours sometimes - it hones your endurance, your ability to memorize, your ability to follow your instincts, because you don't have time to fret about your choices afterward.

I just dove into the Scriptures and started memorizing different scriptures and started becoming as much as possible a part of the scripture. I wanted it to be grafted into my heart.

I'm just always learning lines. I've learned to flag the really crucial scenes, and I start figuring them out and committing them to memory as soon as I get them.

My wife and kids are the constituents I will be serving long after my days in Springfield are a distant memory.

The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an easy one. Memphis deserves a championship team, and I am committed to that.

There's men and women who sacrifice and do so much for us so I can go out and play a game of golf and live my life under freedom.

I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.

I like to be around dancers who are totally committed to the art form, totally committed to the men and women around them.

We can't ask the men and women of this country to go do things for us and then, when they get home, forget about them. It's not part of the deal.

When I was first elected to the Senate, I was fortunate to be appointed to the Intelligence Committee. There, I saw up close the dedication and commitment of the men and women of our intelligence agencies.

As I look back on my first year as Director, I am more in awe of the men and women at CIA than ever before.

Since taking office, I have worked to fill my team with men and women of the highest integrity.

I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.

I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.

My leadership mentality is to outwork everybody else around me, and hopefully the guys respond well to that and work harder for themselves.

A player's mentality is very important. The five or 10 per cent where they're not focused because of wanting to go somewhere is enough for them to haul off their quality. It impacts on everything. So, as a board and manager, you have to make a decision.

I've got the same mentality every time I step on the floor - play my hardest and just be locked in.

Every time I make a record, it's make-or-break time. I hope I always have that mentality - that's what keeps me fired up.

I hate canceling anything, I'm 'the show must go on' mentality. If you can crawl, you can take the stage.

I started to get addicted to the Jerry Rice mentality. I can get up before anyone else does. I can outwork anyone.

I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.

I meet athletes from different backgrounds and see they share the same mentality and process as other athletes in other sports.

When I couldn't play at West Ham, I kept my mentality, and I went to train every day to be a better player.

There's guys who train hard. There's guys who believe they're real tough. But there's only a certain amount of guys who believe - like, really believe - they should be the champion. I know I have that mentality, and I know other guys who have that mentality.