Quotes About Professionalism

Working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.

I think when you wear so many hats, be it of a mom or a working woman, you need to feel good and look good as well.

I respect what Gary Neville achieved as a player. He was brilliant at Manchester United and hats off to him.

If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.

When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song.

I like to have fun on the court. But once the ball goes up - it's all business.

It's hard to have fun with your friends with your bosses around.

You can be yourself and still have fun without crossing the line. Sometimes I feel like today's players don't want to do anything! Come on, be yourself! That's what people want.

If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done.

This is football. This is my job. At the same time there's a good balance you can have with having fun and getting prepared and ready for the game.

Obviously there is a professional side and you have to be locked in, but I need to make sure that I'm enjoying the game that I love so much and having fun.

Although it shouldn't be, men behaving badly is sort of an occupational hazard for those working in Washington.

I would never criticize a judge just because he or she presides in another state, including Alabama.

I don't take the roles home with me. I don't work that way. I don't understand that; I mean, I really don't when I hear that.

When I got the name 'The Franchise,' the gimmick, and turned it into what it became, I put my heart and soul into that.

There will come a day when someone calls to tell me my column's been binned, and that will be a really hard day, and I've already got it set up so that they'll ring someone else first - because I don't want to be given that news when I'm walking down the street, because it will be really heartbreaking.

To work for Shonda Rhimes is heaven. It's been amazing.

People ask me how I am such a good heel, but I don't know; I just try to be me and go and do what I need to do to get the job done on any show that I am on and achieve the work that is set up in front of me.

On the 'Revenge' set, even if they're not showing my feet, I'll still wear my heels because it gets me in the feeling of Ashley Davenport.

I'm really excited to bring everything that I had learned from NXT and put that into the character on 'SmackDown Live' and be one of the biggest, if not best heels the company has ever seen.

I love the Broncos for helping me out, but it's a business, and that's how I feel about it.

Being professional is just really clearly the way to go and helps you on the road to longevity.

I learned how to turn it on and turn it off. You learn that in theater, too, but for film work, I learned from doing 'Henry,' I learned how to leave work at work and go home. There's always spillover. Actors speak of this.

I had a cordial relationship with all my heroes - some, like Jeetendra or Shatrughan Sinha, are very funny. Amitabh, on the other hand, was more serious, more professional.