It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

Fighting football, not serenity football – that is what I like.

Cardi B put a lot of work in.

You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.

As a comedian, I found this thing, this profession, that suits my mind and life force. To drop it to do something else? I just don’t get that.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

I’m born with a pencil in my hand. I did lots of sketching.

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.

I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

In my heart, I am always a Raider.

To be a bodyguard is to be a kamikaze pilot. Dedicated.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

I always felt that if I was going to do a movie, I wanted it to be authentic.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

I write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn’t, I would die.

Actors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.

I’ve always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.

I think every chef, not just in America, but across the world, has a double-edged sword – two jackets, one that’s driven, a self-confessed perfectionist, thoroughbred, hate incompetence and switch off the stove, take off the jacket and become a family man.

I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.

Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that’s the way I am.

I love being in a courtroom.

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

Once I get on a puzzle, I can’t get off.

It’s the philosophies of being an athlete that carry me today.

Without football, my life is worth nothing.

You can be passionate about anything.

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn’t go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.

The joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.

Don’t be a writer; it’s a terrible way to live your life. There’s nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it. But don’t expect anything from anybody.

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I’m afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

I am a very emotional guy. What I love, I do with all I have.

All I do is work out. Oh my God! Half my life is spent in a gym somewhere, sweating.

I like to work.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

It takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.

I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

Jiro Ono serves Edo-style traditional sushi, the same 20 or 30 pieces he’s been making his whole life, and he’s still unsatisfied with the quality and every day wakes up and trains to make the best. And that is as close to a religious experience in food as one is likely to get.

When you’re around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it’s not strange, it’s just Gaga.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I’m loving to do. And if that doesn’t happen, if I wind up sitting in a wheelchair, at least I’ll have my high heels on.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.

I’ve always been a singer. I never really decided I was gonna be a singer. It just kind of – I just sung a lot.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

It’s in my blood to be around people while I was training.

I was always interested – I mean, it’s kind of part of your job – I was always interested in the camera.

The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I’ll never be hands-on on anything except software.