The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.
I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one.
The fanatic ... sacrifices his life to prove his worth.
He's dangerous because when God talks to him Bob will do whatever God asks him to do at great cost, even if no one agrees, if it's contrary to the way the stream is going, if Bob feels God is in it he will do it.
To win takes a complete commitment of mind and body. When you can't make that commitment, they don't call you a champion anymore.
To me, film is a religion. I don't expect to get paid to make it, but I do expect total dedication.
The smart thing in the art world is to have one good idea and never have another.
Nothing short of everything will really do.
There is not, and there will not be, any other laws and values in France other than French laws. We will not be going back - no withdrawing. No compromises!
One of the best things Henry Miller ever said was that art goes all out. It's all out. It goes full length. . . . A big book is an all-out book in which you limit your life to things that pertain directly to the book.
Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
To get to the top, you must have an edge to your game, like Ramos does.
To take something in the Emirates Stadium is far away from being easy but we don't think about that.
In prosecution of his holy purposes, he overlooked every human consideration.
You have to give 110% all the time. 100% isn't good enough anymore.
...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will.
If you really love acting, you'll want to act. That's what I did. You don't look for any payday because the likelihood of a payday is slim to none.
You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.
I'm ready for a Christianity that 'ruins' my life, that captures my heart and makes me uncomfortable. I want to be filled with an astonishment which is so captivating that I am considered wild and unpredictable and... well... dangerous. Yes, I want to be 'dangerous' to a dull and boring religion.
Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.
I was always incredibly driven and found it impossible to relax. I felt that if I slacked off for a minute to enjoy myself, then so many things would be missed.
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.
All of the artists that I've worked with have an incredible work ethic. And Madonna has the best work ethic of them all. I've learned a lot from being around her.
I never saw anyone work harder but he didn’t seem to have any fun.
