Renee Fleming Quotes

Whenever I am applying myself to something, I can't help but be part of it.

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.

There are no guarantees in life, but it is a sure thing that you will get back what you give. If you give 100 percent of your attention, energy, and time to a thing, you will get exactly that back. Make sure you give all that you have to make sure you will get all that you need.

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about.

What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.

As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it.

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

You're never going to get from the industry what you give to it. But it's worth it; you just have to be realistic.

What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it.

The greatest filmmakers are not the ones who put everything in; they're the ones who can figure things to leave out, and in doing so, invite your participation.

I may not be as visible as I used to be, and by that I mean being in the clubhouse or on the field. But I'm just as invested as I've always been.

If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.

If you're going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won't be interesting to the reader.

I think the most rewarding part of the job, and I think most coaches would say it, is practice. If you have it, a very good practice in which you have 12 guys participate, and they can really get something out of it, lose themselves in practice.

It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.

My whole thing is not just to play music for people, but to make them part of the evening.

If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort.

There's no way that if you get participation out of a person can they say you didn't rock it.

The problem is that you can't really read a script saying, 'Hmmm, I'll just see what this is.' You have to go right into it; you have to get engaged with it, and once you are engaged, you want to do it! It's really difficult to get uninvolved.

I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.

You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.

I'm a very hands-on person; I don't just want to give my name to something and not be a big part of it.

The world belongs to those who show up.

My mom always taught me - you know, little boys listen to their moms too much - that whatever you put into something is what you're going to get out of it.