Quotes About Commitment

You have your brains, but it's energy and desire that make you write a book.

If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.

I think once you know who your man is, and you know his wants and his desires and things like that, and you let him play his position, everything else is just gonna fall into place.

I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences.

I sit down at my desk pretty early in the morning and write all day until about 4 or 5 p.m.

For me, it's almost a 24/7 process. It's not like I only think when I'm in the office sitting at my desk.

I want to die at my desk.

I'm desperate to work in football. I could make a lot more money doing other things but this is what I want to do.

I always thought just because I love football, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm desperate to manage.

Atletico fans were always so desperate for us to win; it was like a religion to them.

Despite what some people think, I never asked to leave. I'd just been made captain of Leeds which in my eyes is a big, big deal.

But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor.

In fact, I never gave up doing dance shows despite films and even started my own dance school.

Marriage was never a destination with me.

I don't think I'm destined to be the eternal bachelor.

I feel projects are destined for actors. Whenever I find the project destined for me I'll be at it with full force.

You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.

What I would hate to go through is what happened in the mid-90s playing in front of a half-empty theatre, which prompted me to say 'never again' when it came to Waterford. To go through that again in any of the places I call home would destroy me.

When you put a great amount of energy and hope in a big project, you can be destroyed if you don't do it.

I prepare everything in the tiniest detail. My diet, how I train. This has been my secret.

David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect.

Everything from the logo to the products and different looks that you see, has been put together with so much detail. There is no way I wouldn't be completely involved. It's very important for me that I give my whole to everything that I am involved in. Otherwise, what is the point?

I honestly think the reason I've been able to improve year by year is work. Work with the team, work with my ability, focus on all the single details.

I do as much as I can. I even drive through the chase scenes several times to make sure the details are right.