Mickey Arthur Quotes

I can't leave cricket. It is my passion.

Filmmaking can give you everything, but at the same time, it can take everything from you.

I can't see myself playing anywhere else in the world. You don't know how much I want to play international cricket for South Africa.

I had time with my family, which was great, but I am a cricketer, and once that was taken away from me, it was as though part of me wasn't there.

It's hard for me to miss out on a game.

Physically and mentally, it's quite hard. But I'm playing cricket for England. It's what I dream about doing.

The biggest misconception about my game is my love for it. This is what I want to do. I owe this thing my life. There's no other way around it.

My whole obligation was to West Indies cricket. As I have always said, 'I have never made a run for me.'

I was one of those players who loved to train and tried to enjoy every day, every session, every game.

I dedicated all the time I had to it. The 10 hour workout was just what I put in the magazine at the time, but for me it was every waking moment.

Everything I have done, every change I have made to that circus, every impossible feat and astounding sight, I have done for her.

"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."

The only way to do something in depth is to work hard. The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.

For me my passion is music. I just can't let it go!

I've always relied on discipline to achieve goals great and small. At a young age, my father instilled a real work ethic in me - and a fear of men. I always felt like if I didn't have a natural knack for something, I could kind of out-discipline the competition as it were. So I would always work as hard as I possibly could, sometimes to my own detriment and my personal life. For me, I think will power and discipline are very synonymous.

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)

I am driven by what you are able to accomplish and how you are able to help some people. I go about it each and every day, sometimes I think I say yes too much and I am too busy in my life.

I believe in working harder and putting in the time - being completely obsessed. And, yeah, I think that's life.

I have spent the last five months obsessively working on Outlaw.

And you are mine, and you will be mine. They will not get you. - Eric from Dead and Gone

I wanted to follow the path of music and feel that power, and I couldn't turn back.

I am asking of no man more than I myself was ready throughout four years to do

All good things require effort. That which is worth having will cost part of your physical being, your intellectual power and your soul power. Let us ever keep in mind that life is largely what we make it.

...there has to be someone who is willing to do it, who is willing to take whatever risks are required. I don't think it can be done with money alone. The person has to be dedicated to the task. There has to be some other motivation.

Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.