Quotes About Professionalism

If the 1970s had been the time of radical theories, then the 1980s were the time when politics began increasingly to replace professionalism in the universities. Government lent powerful reinforcement to the new concept of university regulations and funding that favored social justice over knowledge or merit.

CHARLES: I believe that any professional bears the shame of the questionable worth of his ministrations. I know of my racket what you know of yours: that, for the most part, we are paid for the ability to keep a straight face. While accomplishing little or nothing.

My first semester I had only nine students. Hoping they might view me as professional and well prepared, I arrived bearing name tags fashioned in the shape of maple leaves.

She was at a cash register, screaming at a customer. She was, in fact, calling this customer a bitch. I touched her arm and said, "I have to go now." She laid her hand on my shoulder, squeezed it gently, and continued her conversation, saying, "Don't tell the store president I called you a bitch. Tell him I called you a fucking bitch, because that's exactly what you are. Now get out of my sight before I do something we both regret.

I remember early in my career people telling me I needed to change my accent, that I needed to sound more professional, more BBC perhaps, but I think if I wasn't from Middlesbrough I wouldn't have done as well as I have.

Going to an organization where winning means something, where you're held accountable and you have goals and things like that I think that molds you early as a player and gives you that platform and foundation to be a professional.

I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script.

I'm merely trying to be something akin to a nice, kind, good actress.

I always admired Graeme Souness.

I don't think practitioners should necessarily be advertising their work.

Advertising is what I do. It's got me everything I have, and I'm not going to leave it.

Debra Stephenson and I are nothing more than friends and have a close working relationship - we certainly have not had an affair.

Whether we have a new or an old director doesn't affect my work.

The N.B.A. is for the best players, not for the most affordable players.

I get very intense: I get to the show five hours early. If we're on at 8 P.M., I'm there at 3 in the afternoon.

I've said no to a lot of things I'd like to have done. My agent has never seen anything like it.

If you're going to pay an agent... you need to let him do his job.

That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.

It's constant - all day long I have to eat, but it's part of the job.

I still find time to record during the season. Offseason, I record every day until 7 A.M. - all night.

One person who was interesting was Jello Biafra, who was - of all things - very professional!

I am excited to play alongside players such as Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure, whom I have only seen on TV, and to be in the same team as players I have played against such as Jerome Boateng and Vincent Kompany.

Being professional makes it easier for me to say no, be honest, and not feel bad about it. However, that doesn't mean that you stay aloof.

It was amazing for me to play a character opposite Benedict Cumberbatch - he's someone who I've looked up to for years - and the idea that I would work with him and then become friends with him was an amazing experience.