Quotes About Professionalism

Don't you think my interest can be real, even granted that it is professional, too?" "No, I don't.

La esencia de un buen médico consiste en la capacidad de compasión y el sentido de la ética, sin los cuales el arte sagrado de la sanación degenera en simple charlatanería.

In the 'Mass Effect' universe, there is zero ad libbing.

I'm not a very emotional guy. I just move on to the next play. I've always been that way. I don't like showing much. I just try to do my job and get out. It's important to stay poised until that clock says zero.

I would never butt heads with Rob Zombie. I don't know anybody that's in acting that ever butted heads with Rob Zombie. I adore Rob. I adore him. I adore working with him. I adore knowing him. I'm happy to consider myself a friend and someone who he hires. I just think he's great.

A lot of players are straight-faced and serious; some are the opposite. It's like that until about 10 minutes before kick-off and I am in the zone. Then there is no more joking about.

I think when I first came into the League, I was blowing the zone all the time, just kind of expecting pucks to get out. You learn very quickly that you can't be doing that.

My so-called 'reservations' and personal comfort zones can't define my work. That's not being professional. I feel that even if an actor is cast for the lead role or for any other part in the film, it is his job to do the film and not create an issue.

When I come onto the pitch, that's when I'm able to get into that zone and forget about everything else other than just doing my job. But even then, it's not a job. It's playing football, and that's something I love.

Bugs Bunny - the perfect employee. Never absent. Never late. Never changes the script. Doesn't have an agent. Never asks for a percent of the profit. Doesn't ask to have his relatives on the payroll.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

I like to laugh, but on the court, it is my work. I try to smile, but it is so difficult. I concentrate on the ball, not on my face.

When you're my size in the pros, fear is a sign that you're not stupid.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

I'm a competitive person, but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

When you criticize grown men, it's a lot easier. They make millions of dollars. They should be able to handle it, especially if you do it in a truthful manner... I'm sure it stings, but my whole objective is to be honest.

Damian Lewis is a consummate professional. He is kind. He's compassionate. He's able to engage in real conversation when we're not rolling, and then, the minute we're rolling, he's totally present and reacting truthfully in the moment and listening.

I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,' and, if the writing supports it, that's what your aim is: to try and present people with a series of truths, and then they can make up their mind about those and whether they have any real credence or weight.

I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business.

My background with Cummings was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, but Tuesday liked to walk in and do the scene. I must say that she was really wonderful. Aggravating, but wonderful.

I am not moving to some club in the desert, China or Turkey.

I've been playing professionally now for over 13 years - played in China, Turkey, Russia, and just was a part of the inaugural season in the States.

Since I'm a professional communicator, I think I instinctively cling to doing what I do best, even in times of crisis and turmoil.

I have a conscience about my work and try to turn out a good piece of craftsmanship.