Professional Quotes - page 37

I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22. (Richard Briers)
And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we're not in the Olympics. View quote
Shannon Miller
Refuse to accept the belief that your professional relevance, career success or financial security turns on the next update on the latest technology. Sometimes it's good to put the paddle down and just let the canoe glide. View quote
Simon Mainwaring
The way customers relate to brands and how profit is generated has changed so dramatically almost every professional is being challenged to reconsider what they do in order to stay relevant. View quote
Simon Mainwaring
Unless you are a professional, you will find the tart to be a high-maintenance, unforgiving whistle-blower of a pastry. View quote
Sloane Crosley
More than any other major sport, professional or amateur, college football games are decided by the physical incompetence and downright chokery of their players. View quote
Stephen Rodrick
There is a lot of use of ProTools in professional studios, but this is mostly for the special effects it allows, not for sound quality. These special effects soon fall out of fashion, and I don't think this trend will define studios permanently. View quote
Steve Albini
Being part of the Fresh Healthy Vending team and the corporate-owned operations division has been incredible thus far. It has given me enough knowledge to take the important facts about healthy vending options to my own personal and professional contacts and expand these positive programs wherever we can. View quote
Steve Finley
As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time. View quote
Suresh Raina
I did always dream of being a professional player. I think every kid does dream of being a pro, but to last the journey you have to love tennis as a sport and if you are lucky enough to make it in the pros, it is really a bonus. View quote
Samantha Stosur
My one remaining professional ambition is to read the shipping forecast. I live in hope. (Samuel West)
I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team. View quote
Sarah West
I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life. View quote
Sean Durkin
I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with a world-class team of engineers to turn science fiction into reality. View quote
Sebastian Thrun
I started writing 'Leaves Of Grass' when my professional life was falling apart somewhat. I just had a movie implode in pre-production. And so I came back licking my wounds to New York, where I live, and started to write a script about a protagonist for whom the exact same thing happened: His life was falling apart. View quote
Tim Blake Nelson
I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlete or a doctor or a lawyer or whatever they want to be. I tell them they can do all that because Tourette's won't stop them. View quote
Tim Howard
Um, accidents happen. Especially if there's a co-star that you're not that fond of - you might 'accidentally' deck him. But no, I'm a professional. I'm just saying that can happen. View quote
Timothy Olyphant
There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that was before guaranteed contracts, before there was a lot of money, so it was mostly survival. You had more competition. View quote
Tony La Russa
With the responsibility of being a professional athlete, I believe that it is on us to go out there and help people. View quote
Torrey Smith
I have done research about people who think they're doing movements and people - like Madonna and professional dancers - who are actually 'performing' movements. The people who can connect and perform during their workout get results way above and beyond the people who are just going through the motions. View quote
Tracy Anderson
Madonna is an athlete; she has to be treated like a professional athlete. She doesn't work out for six hours a day, though, like some of the press says. She never works out for more than two hours a day, and then only when she has the time. (Tracy Anderson)
If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it. View quote
Taron Egerton
Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me. View quote
Troy Polamalu
I am a National Football League player of American Samoan heritage. Because of my status as a professional athlete, I have been blessed to play a role in educating players and fans about the culture and history of America's southernmost territory. View quote
Troy Polamalu
Professional sports are something they can't control. View quote
Troy Vincent