Lauren Gibbs Quotes

When I'm going to do something, I go all in.

There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of tenacity and purpose to get that far in life is absolutely reaffirmed and deepened by the experience itself.

I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.

Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

I studied acting for five years. I quit college at that point. You know, I go hard. When I know I'm supposed to go in a direction, I'm fully committed and I go all the way. Everything falls to the side and I'm all in. So I completely dove into acting even though I was almost 30.

I had a pretty good career at home. What keeps you going is not having a plan B. It's a very good thing. I think if I had a viable plan B, I might not have kept going.

There's no abiding success without commitment.

If I'm going to play, it's going to be 100-percent commitment.

In my second year in Los Angeles, when I was eighteen, I wasn't getting any bookings, so I stopped going out, stopped partying. It was a matter of getting to the work. I had to focus.

I think I started to have thoughts to really want to be serious about my work when I was about twenty-five, and I just kind of started to look into that direction and moved into it.

I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

If I do commit myself to something, I will commit myself 100 percent.

For me now, I will continue to focus ever harder on my goal of being the very best I can be with Toulon Rugby Club and continue to embrace and enjoy wherever that path takes me.

Eventually, I realized that I would not have a life until I buckled down. Once I did, I auditioned for Juilliard - and that changed everything.

One thing I want people to know before I leave this game is I gave it my all.

I'm not the fastest, the strongest, the most athletic, the tallest. But in order for me to be good at what I do, I have to focus on my craft so much that it alleviates those other things. I can't have personal relationships like other people do. I can't spend time on that.

When I do things, I'm all-in.

I'm a guy who's either going to go full bore, or I'm not going to do it at all.

A master's is a lot more work than my first degree, but I'm an athlete who knows what she wants. I made up my mind, and I'm determined that this is what I'm going to do.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to fully commit to something.

If you're going to go for a thing, there's no point unless you're going all the way.

If I am going to race, I will put everything on the line.

It was very clear I wasn't giving my all in the past - not even close.