Damon Dash Quotes

If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all.

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

If I'm going to do something, I'll do it properly or not at all.

If you aren't going to do something all the way, don't do it.

I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all.

Because you can't do anything halfway, you've got to go all the way in anything you do.

I'm an all-or-nothing person.

I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.

I've always been like that; I give 100 percent. I can't do it any other way.

I find mediocrity hard. I find that whole area difficult. I'm a very passionate person; I care very much about what I do. I believe I give it a lot, so it's gotta be good; otherwise, what's the point?

There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

I give 150%. I'm a professional, a pro.

My motto in life is, 'If anything is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.'

I'm too old to do things by half.

My mantra has always been to have zero regrets in life. Everything I do at one speed, I go all-out.

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.

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

I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything.

I've always followed the rule that anything worth doing is worth doing excessively.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.

You don't leave Australia unless you are passionate. Any Australian actor who comes to America is really committed. There are no dabblers - it's all or nothing.

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

I live by 'Go big or go home.' That's with everything. It's like either commit and go for it or don't do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, I apply that to everything. That's what I live by. That's how I like it.