Quotes About Commitment

You can only make the work that you have to make. And I am old enough now to know that I can't start making shows that are going to win awards. That way madness lies.

I didn't become an actor until I was an old man of 28 or 29. I declared to the world that I was an actor. Nobody heard me, but I did declare it.

Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true.

I am very old-fashioned about marriage. It is for life and I mean it. I always knew that when I met the right girl, the life I had before - being single, in a band, girls everywhere - would be over.

I believe when you go out there, you have a responsibility to deliver. I have old-fashioned thinking when I'm out there.

I know I am old-fashioned, but I don't want to bring out a fashion line, I don't want to bring out an album. I just want to do the work as best as I can, and if that effects change for somebody, then that is great. I don't want to change the world.

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older.

My older brother was always in the gym, and I saw how hard he worked. Around middle school, I was in there with him, and I started to love it. But it wasn't like I had a basketball in my hand at age 2.

Young and older people need to learn relationships take time and effort.

It's important as a manager that you feel a club believes in you and your methods. Oliver Mintzlaff and Ralf Rangnick showed me this.

My mom was a two-time Olympic champion and when I start to play hockey I dream that if I have chance to play for my country I will do it every time they ask me.

There are no words to describe what it would mean making the Olympic team.

My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.

Past Olympians have a continuing role within the Olympic family.

I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.

I feel like the thing that motivates me is not making the Olympic team. If I'm having a rough day, I think about how bad I want it.

When I chose athletics, I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion, and now I have done it in London.

Throughout my entire life, I've always been a captain. I was the captain of my high school team. I was the captain at Oklahoma State University. I was the captain of the 2008 Olympic team.

It was my goal and dream to be selected to the Olympic team, so I knew going into it the amount of responsibility I was given.

I was a true amateur and embodied what the Olympic spirit is all about. To me, competing was all that mattered.

Olympic athletes are a different breed. We're not dealing with million-dollar contracts. We don't do the sport for those deals. We do the sport because we love the challenge, the battle. We love to be an American.

It's harder to be a dad than an Olympic champion.