Jerry Greenfield Quotes

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.

I always tell people, start with what you're passionate about. If you truly are passionate, you'll keep it up.

If I had one piece of advice to tell an entrepreneur, I always say, 'You have to have emotional investment in what you're working on.' That's what we lacked at Odeo.

The only warning I'd give is - make sure you are strong enough and committed enough in your business pursuits. It is commitment and belief, not just the bottom line, that should drive you.

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.

Anything that I do is something that I'm passionate about and really believe in, no matter how it turns out.

I want to say something very clearly. I understand that I'm a self-confident person who might come off with the wrong attitude sometimes, but I don't mean to. I just believe in certain things, and I know exactly what I want. I've always sacrificed things in order to become the best musician I could be.

If it's truly a passion, and it's truly something you believe in, then you need to do it.

What drives you? What's your motivation? That's not emotion. That's passion. It's a different word.

Whatever you do, do it from your heart. It won't happen just by sitting at home.

We all have to find a cause we believe in and pursue it. Sometimes it may cost you your job, your personal life, your love life, etc.

I don't play for money. I'm not sure I even can play just for money. Money is great; I can't lie about that.

You have to show up when your show fails - or it succeeds. When you are enjoying the glory of success, you have to show up and still work hard because it may not last. You have to do your job with the same sincerity when you started and till you can actually do it with passion.

If you really love something, you gonna do it until you can't do it no more. And that's how I feel about basketball.

A lot people have a strong work ethic because they want the lifestyle, or they want the money, but me, I have a hard work ethic because I love the game.

If I take up something, then it's only because I love it so. It makes no sense to leave it just because I got a better offer.

Football is not about money but emotions.

I've always acted, it's my passion and belief system.

Each project that you do is something you believe in for that moment in time.

No matter what people say outside of football, we don't work for money, we work for the love of the game and the money is something that follows.

Never start small where goals are concerned. You'll make better decisions - and find it much easier to work a lot harder - when your ultimate goal is ultimate success.

Give yourself ten years of failing with a smile on your face. If, after ten years, you still have the passion, you're heading to success!

I've always been playing because I knew this was eventually going to pay off in the long run for me.

It may not be the most popular thing online, but I believe in what I'm doing. I believe in what I'm creating at my dojo.

Theatre is my first love; I would not have done it if I didn't love it and certainly not for the money - you really have to believe in it.