Long-Term Involvement Quotes

I think if they wanted to get me to leave 'Children in Need,' they'd have to drag me off screaming. It's one thing that's so close to my heart, and I feel passionately about it. I gave up my radio show, with regret, but knowing I'd done it for a long time, the same with Eurovision. But 'Children in Need' is different.

When you do something as long as I have, you obviously love the sport - although not everything about the sport.

For me as an actor because I've been at it so long, it becomes much harder to watch movies because you really see the seams of everything.

I've played cricket seriously since I was eight years old, when I first played for the Essex under-11s. I can't just turn it off.

I've been involved with Shrek for eleven years, so you'd better like Shrek if you're going to be involved with it for eleven years. I do, I like it a great deal, so I enjoy it.

My grandmother got into this business in the 1940s, so it's all I've ever known. So I've seen a lot of wrestling.

I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.

I'm just another Opry entertainer. I'm not the start of the Opry, and I'm not the ending. I'm not the Alpha, and I'm not the Omega. It's been a pleasure taking part in the Opry and country music these many years. I'm part of a big operation.

Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.

Just the number of people - 'Silicon Valley''s a relatively small, core cast, whereas 'The Office' was enormous. Also, I feel more of a sense of ownership of 'Silicon Valley' because I've been there from the get-go.

I would like to think that if I stop playing in three, four, five years time, whatever it may be, that I would still be involved in football and still have that as my profession. It is my passion and what I know.

Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16.

We don't just show up at election time; we're there full time.

There was no one moment when I decided I would spend my life acting. I am not certain that I will. Acting has never been a consistent passion. I have done it since I was young - so I have been acting for 30 years - but intermittently. I always had other jobs, joys, and creative outlets.

I have been playing football since I was 7.

Activism isn't something you just kind of get involved in and then turn your back on it.

I literally did athletics my whole life.

I've been in music all my life.

The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time.

I have been involved with the Roundabout for over a decade. Every once in a while, they'd give me a call to participate in a reading or offer me a show.

The appetite of the British people for a long-term involvement in another Middle Eastern conflict could not be weaker. There is no wish to have any further long-term obligations of a military kind that do not affect the most direct national interest.

There's every financial incentive in the world to stay in the conservative movement forever.

I have been around football all of my life.

I'm passionate about the game - just like the fans are, and I've coached in the league for a long time, so that's the perspective I will bring to ESPN.

I always tell everyone wrestling is like the mafia, once you get in, you can't get out.