Quotes About Commitment

My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.

My mom is my manager and handles day-to-day business to keep the DeGarmo machine up and running! She's a huge, huge part of my career and my life.

My mom was only 21 years old when she had me, and my dad was in his mid-20s.

My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.

My mom and dad weren't together, so I never thought I would get married.

Boxing has been my life, and it is my life. I've enjoyed every moment of it.

I have finally become a husband and I am genuinely enjoying every moment of it.

You sacrifice so much to get to the NFL. You miss recitals and graduations. Moments that you can't have because you're focused on being the best.

There has never been a moment when faith hasn't been an important part of my life. There have been moments when I've been more alive in my faith than others. There have been times when I've been more involved in my faith, dedicating more to it, and giving it more importance.

When you give up something as big as playing for England there are going to be moments when you miss it.

A good beginning is like a honeymoon; it gets over soon. The challenge is in keeping up the momentum.

This journey is not over. Our education initiatives have so much momentum, and we're committed to sharing even more stories from the Arctic when we return.

Shooting a season can be a grind. It can be seven to eight months of work. Once you stop, it slows down any momentum you had.

There's a momentum to being committed to a group that you think is good, and there's a certain amount of cognitive dissonance to make your choice a good choice.

I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do.

Now that the baby is coming, I will do a lot more balancing. I'm going to be a real mommy.

I try to be as full-time mommy as possible and also full-time working woman. That is the example I grew up with. Working mommy but also very present.

I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing.

I still have the same beliefs as when I was in the monastery.

The thing with focus is that it's not this thing you aspire to, like, 'Oh, on Monday I'm going to be focused.' It's every single minute: 'Why are we talking about this when we're supposed to be talking about this?'

When I made the decision to really get serious about my writing, I set myself a goal of 1,000 words a day for seven days. If I got to 7,000 words before Monday I could take a day off, but I had to get there. I had to do that every week.

I'm not willing to compromise my goals for monetary value.

My integrity means more to me than any fame or money. When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it.

Development of Kendrapada is now my responsibility. I will personally monitor development of the district.