Veronica Lake Quotes

I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it's a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you're in the NHL.

I look at myself, and how much I've gotten just because I play a sport well.

There are some rappers out there that I listen to, that I'm like: "You are really good but you could be like the Michael Jordan of rap if you applied yourself." There's a lot of people who are better at basketball than Michael Jordan, but Michael Jordan just wanted to be Michael Jordan, more.

The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

I got into acting classes. I didn't want to just go by luck.

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.

The message I really want to get out there is that I'm someone who works hard, gets the most out of his talent, off the course has a great family life.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

Business is about being the best that you can be, and there are always glowing examples of people that we can all learn from.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent.

I overhaul myself for my roles. Sooner or later, I will get my due.

It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

Do your best and keep learning - that's what I believe in.

You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen.

I have worked with many, many talented and dedicated people.

When you drop the ball, it's not about, 'Oh, he can't catch,' or none of that. If you put time into something, of course you can catch. I wouldn't have got drafted if I couldn't.

If you can provide value somewhere and have a coach who believes in you and creates opportunities for you, it's so important to continue to try to excel.

Life ain't about just 'Chillin' It.' I've learned that.

I have seen my dad working with utmost sincerity and integrity, the sacrifices he made. I have also seen the rewards: if you give your best, you get your worth.

In my career I always tried to improve to become one of the great players, because I felt I had received a gift from God and I had to make good use of it, to become worthy of having received this talent.

My life has been in reverse. It wasn't fame, and it wasn't money, but I always wanted to succeed. The only way I could do that was to try with every job to be better than I was in the last one, and to learn.