Quotes About Sacrifice

I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.

And it is this sense that some of us have to contribute to the culture, to the society in ways that may hurt financially, so what? We do it because we are born to do it, we feel we have no other choice and so be it.

I was hurting. I had some ailments I was dealing with. It's not like I was holding out.

For the higher interest of the nation, you've got to be capable of hurting yourself.

I'm not like hurting by any means, but I'm not really, you know, let me say, I'm not really cool with doing fighting just to break even.

I didn't care if I was aching or hurting. I wanted to give the fans their money's worth.

As much as it hurts to work out after a game, it helps that much more.

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.

When I enjoy doing something, I don't mind if it hurts.

The most that hurts is I couldn't see my kids growing up. They grow and go. Most of the time, I'm in training camps. I couldn't see that happening. This hurts me.

You can't have a relationship when you're shooting a 14-hour day and your husband is shooting a 14-hour day in the same city. It's a time thing and it's a together thing.

I used to sell candy and ice creams in the street, and I worked in the fields to help my parents.

You can say that I cut off on my non-vegetarian food, chocolates and ice cream and nothing else.

It's a lot easier to stay idealistic if you don't sign two to five next-of-kin letters every day.

You're not supposed to risk your life just for the physical safety of American citizens - you're supposed to risk your life for American ideals as well.

It is people like Chandrashekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh who should be the ideals.

I could not identify with harming my child or giving up my child. But I could identify with giving up my child if it were going to be ultimately in his best interest.

There is only one Army in which you serve. When that identity is gone, it is gone forever.

Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.

Growing up on a farm in the '70s and '80s was just idyllic, you know, but I look at the difference in the way that my kids have grown up and how I've really done so much and dedicated my life and my heart and soul to making their life as easy as possible, because we always want our children to have it better than we had it.

My dad has definitely sacrificed a lot for me, and I don't know if I could do it if I was in his shoes. Leaving your life behind and chasing this dream because your kid is passionate about this sport.

I said I wanted to be the best in the world. I thought if I could make it, I would be able to change my future, to change my destiny. I would push myself to the limits. I would do 70 laps and barely eat.

We are on the road 250-280 days a year at least, and it's something that, if I have a wife and kids at home, I don't know if I could do it.

If I could have my wife and kids on the road with me every week, I would.