Damian Woetzel Quotes

If you don't love your job, you can't maintain the discipline in playing that many years. It starts with the love, discipline and taking care of your body. Understanding the older you get, you have to pay attention to every single detail.

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

You've got to love what you do. You've got to like doing it, because it is a lot of your life.

Career wise, consistency is one of the keys to longevity. When you are consistent people know what they are going to get, and that's the foundation for having a long career.

You know, it's a long season and hopefully a long career.

I wasn't about one season, but career and longevity.

Most people are fortunate enough to stay two, three years in this game. I've been in it for seven years, and I feel like now, I'm just beginning.

If you love what you do, then you always find the time.

I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.

My work life is intense. But I love what I do.

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

I'm more and more fascinated in my own work. I work from 10 A.M. until about 9 P.M., but it's not an obsession, it's a pleasure. There's never enough time.

Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.

A decade is a long time to be doing anything, much less to be with the same guys, chasing after the same goals.

I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.

I never knew that I'd still be doing this so many years later.

Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.

There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me.

I'll never retire. I like what I'm doing.