Quotes About Professionalism

Being successful is about professionalism, and chewing gum is unprofessional. Its also a huge pet peeve of mine.

To go from hit-and-miss promotions barely taking women's fighting seriously to women headlining on a regular basis, high-level fights, it's an amazing thing to see. And it happened in what I felt was a pretty quick succession - though not fast enough - as far as professional sports go. It's really exciting.

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

Working with Rajamouli and Karan is home ground for me now, having worked with them for such a long time.

I believe that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and having played in the Premier League for such a long time, it is to my advantage, and I know what to expect.

Lots of people said that I have been a comic actor for such a long time, but as a director I was very serious.

If there is such a thing as 'a Cukor style,' I guess it arises out of two principal factors: my own personalized perception of the world and my ability to deal professionally with actors. As far as perception is concerned, I always try to imagine settings through the best possible eyes.

You don't play eight years and all of a sudden let your game go down just for a trade.

I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.

The players who don't look after themselves physically and mentally and enjoy the nights out a bit too much will suffer, the sport is a lot more professional now.

I've always enjoyed the respect from my male colleagues or my audiences all over the world. I've never suffered by the fact of being a woman on the road.

Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe.

You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest.

Showing your femininity should help your career and not go against your career. Dressing like a man, using the suit to look powerful - that was the '80s, and that didn't help women.

I've never been big on sports coats and pants. I'm a suit guy. It makes it clear who's in charge.

If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.

I might not be the most whatever in the world but I've built credibility with the audience that means something. So, I can sort of have that thing about me and I always wear a nice suit as well, which is important.

One of my first memories of being a kid was, 'I want to have a real job when I grow up.' And to me that meant you wear a suit and a hat and carry a briefcase and go to your job.

My look was based on the Madison Avenue guy who's just lost his job. Ivy League suit a bit scuzzed up, an outgrown layer cut and five o'clock shadow.

With a suit, even if you're having a nervous breakdown, you still look like you're in charge.

One of the things that drives me crazy as a professional woman is you'll have bought a suit, and you get home and realize you don't have a shirt to wear with it.

I'm pretty tried-and-tested in the world of 'suit acting.'

There were times when I'd go to lawyer auditions, and everyone's in a suit, and I'm covered in concrete and paint.

I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.