Quotes About Professionalism

I don't dislike Matt Lindland. I didn't blackball him from the UFC, either. Matt Lindland is a good guy and I've never had a personal issue with him.

When I started as a young chef, I was Italian, and I was a woman, and everyone else in New York was French and a man.

I don't say, 'Francis Ford Coppola, what a wonderful Italian-American director.' I judge him based on his film, his craft, his art. That's the way I feel I should be dealt with in this industry.

The defenders in Italy are stronger, and that makes me better. Serie A is played in a different way to other leagues.

I'm not doing an item number in any film.

I'm not getting into a public debate with Jack Nicklaus.

Badou Jack ain't a trash-talker. He's very respectful.

I talk a lot about Jackie MacMullan. Think about the trust and the equity Jackie has built with people in this game. When you watch her work, there is such a high level of respect given. It's hard to describe it, but you can see it when players engage with her.

Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is.

I took opportunities, big or small, to show that I was a constant professional. I feel like the Sam Jackson of network TV drama.

Kerr is great, but I started my career under Mark Jackson, so there's no hard feelings there.

I'm on a team with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and they both dress well. It gets competitive. If I don't bring my A game, they're going to outshine me.

It is a total treat to get to work with James Cromwell.

Some people might say I'm old at 28, but I look at someone like James Milner. He's 32 and playing like he is 25 or something.

I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was.

I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career.

I'm not a Gary Neville or a Jamie Carragher, or somebody who doesn't need to do their apprenticeship in the media and can go straight into it because they've played for massive clubs. I've had to work at it but I believe I am better than them.

I worked with guys in Japan that were champions and they came over here for six months or a year and they treated them like garbage.

I watch Dragon Gate, New Japan, NXT, AEW. I love the Lucha Bros, The Young Bucks. Mainly I watch the guys in the shows that I'm on.

In real life, I'm not a catty, jealous woman, so in the industry I'm not gonna be that. I'm a real-life fan of the girls who came before me, who's coming up and at the same level as me. I'm here for it.

Engineering is a jeans and hoodie culture, and sales is more formal.

I love Jeff Bridges. You can never go wrong with that guy. I hope to work with him one day.

I'm a big fan of Lance Archer, Jeff Cobb, Luke Harper.

The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine.