Quotes About Professionalism

I think there are definitely players in the A-League who have quality.

You know, I always do my best, no matter the quality of the film.

I basically try to give people top quality.

I was in the business for almost a quarter of a century, and I'm very proud of my career.

I don't believe you could be a 39-year-old quarterback in the NFL and eat cheeseburgers every day. I want to be able to do what I love to do for a long time.

You don't want to read about your quarterback in the newspaper every day of the week.

I just want to be a complete professional quarterback, and that's going to take time.

I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.

The Queen is a true professional and calmly pinned my MBE on.

In 'Queer as Folk,' we had three or four sex scenes in every episode, so I got used to doing that very early on. Those kinds of scenes can be challenging. They take a bit of time, and everyone's a bit nervous.

I mean, the question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again, night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.

My fitness is one area I've never had questioned in my career.

As a player, if your attitude is questioned, it's horrible.

I know that if any other comedian came up to me questioning something I did or said, it would be literally settled in a heartbeat. I love comedy. I give to comedy. I don't take from comedy.

If you don't have patience in this profession, you almost always end up getting bent out of shape expecting quick results.

Working with Gautham Menon is like working with a friend. He says the scene once and I do it once and he okays it. He is very quick.

In 16, 17 years as a pro I was used to the head coach doing it alone. He might have asked his people for advice, but he made the decisions on his own. In order to learn quickly I couldn't do that.

I like Hewitt's quickness and how Federer behaves on the court.

We're trying to get the SEAL community back to where we think it should be - quiet professionalism.

The Phil Spector that I would meet has always been a nice, quiet, little guy who's very serious about his work; obviously you can tell that because each and everything he's ever done has always been charted.

I have never clamored for an award and have quietly done my work over the years and have been as selective as possible.

It's highly dishonorable to ever quit a production. I never have done it, and I can't imagine ever doing it. However, I have been in productions before where, on the first in the read-through, you feel that someone is in trouble, and indeed, actors have been let go shortly after read-throughs. I've seen that happen before.

I quit music and decided I was going to work a 9-to-5 job in advertising... which in New York City is more like, 8-to-7.

I'd rather quit and leave all the money on the table than play at a poor level.