Making a Change Quotes

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

If you really want to do something, go and do it; don't just talk about it.

After I quit the U.S. Ski Team, there was a fair amount of, you know, grief that follows that, and I just wanted to take a year off. And I had a friend that lived in Los Angeles, said I could crash on his couch. And so I just kind of did the first really spontaneous thing I'd done in my young adult life.

So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.

When I left Liverpool, I knew had to leave. It was a big step but it was something I had to do. A lot of people asked if it was hard, it wasn't hard. It was something I needed to do to improve and get better as a footballer.

I've been blessed to live my dream more than half my life, so I want help give that back to someone else.

When I moved to Los Angeles, I figured I'm really going to make an attempt to become a real actor. And when I did that, I thought it was time for me to face my parents and tell them what I did.

I don't think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me.

You'd like people to remember you for these great times on the ice. In reality, you want them to forget because you're doing something new and better.

I want people to know that you can chase your dreams no matter where you are in your life, and it can work out. I know. It happened to me.

What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?

When I first joined with Murphy, I had to make a character change. I wasn't confident in myself about that at all, but I remember my mom telling me that once something clicks with me... I had to... come in and kick the door down and let everyone know who I am.

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.

Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

That's something I always say is good to do in life, is to leave our mark in this lifetime.

I am preparing myself to leave football. I have always thought that once you get past 30, it is time to reflect on when you should go, and that is what I have done.

I feel like there is just never a good time for taking a chance and following your dreams - whatever those dreams are.

Often times we feel like either we can't make a world of difference, or we feel that it's not going to change anything anyway. The truth is you can change someone's day, you can change someone's life, but you have to show up and do what you got to do to actually see any fruit coming from it.

We have all these ideas and visions, and they're able to come to life, and our voices are being heard, which is really amazing.

When I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort of fell into singing by accident in a way.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.