Quotes About Effort

We don't feel pressure of, 'Let's make this really raunchy.' It's more about making a good story, which is 10 times harder. The raunchy stuff's really easy for us.

Despite the ever-increasing financial pressures experienced by writers and the ever-decreasing space afforded by the media to books, writers are still willing to aim for quality and to take risks.

Nobody's perfect, and to try to pretend you're perfect is an exhausting fool's errand.

In gymnastics, everything is a competition. You want to have your hair look the best and your makeup look the best. You want to be the best, and you want to have the prettiest leotard.

I can say I want to be known as the prettiest player ever but I don't control that, the people control that. So all I can do is show up to work every day and give my best.

I can't grow a mustache. It's pretty sad if I attempt to.

I've worked really hard to bring something more to 'pretty girl' roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.

You look at stats for a guy who is a pretty good linebacker, he'll make 100 tackles. You make 100, you're averaging seven or eight tackles a game. If you play every down, that's a good number.

That's been my challenge. Go out there and guard the best player and get it done on both ends. It's been working out pretty good for me. Just got to keep that thing going.

I love to try and cook. I'm pretty good, but I'm not saying I'm great.

I've always worked hard to create my own style. Nobody sounds like me. I've heard them call me 'legendary.' That feels pretty good... though the word is overused these days.

When I was out there on the floor, I think I did pretty good for myself... I've never really had enough time to play and actually improve.

Everything I played, I kind of found a way to be pretty good at. My mom always said, 'If you're not good at something, then don't do it.'

I just feel people can see, when I'm 100 percent, I am running hard. I can do pretty good.

When you have players that are willing to do anything to win, usually the results are pretty good.

I am not a natural dancer, not even a half way competent dancer.

Dancers are made, not born.

I've always worked very hard. I think dancers always do.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

Dancing as a thing to do is marvellous, but you've got to be bloody good at it. I was never good enough.

Dancing is like riding a bike.

I personally don't think you can love two things like dancing and singing the same exact amount. There is always one that you like more, and that is most likely the one that you're better at, because you try harder in it.

Coming into 'Dancing With the Stars,' I thought it would be a lot easier.

'Dancing with the Stars' was hard work. It was interesting and fun, too, but it was hard work.