When you are a footballer, you eat, sleep, and breathe football. If I have a bad training session, I can go home and do whatever I want, but you still feel an emptiness.

I have always felt responsible for every character I played, devoting myself to learning everything about the craft.

I spent two years day and night in that studio trying to learn what the hell was going on.

If it's five carries, if it's 10 carries, whatever it is, I'm willing to give it my best effort - 100 percent.

The games I enjoy most are the ones I finish exhausted, and with knocks, but having played.

I'm committed to try to make the product the best I possibly can.

I used to spend hours on the laptop watching free kicks on YouTube - again and again. You obviously learn a thing or two.

We run courses for government school teachers on Sundays. These teachers pay for their own food and stay; the kind of commitment you find in these people is remarkable.

When I was young, I liked to spend hours and hours on the practice court.

One thing is for sure, I will give everything every time I put on the Arsenal shirt.

It takes a lot of time and a lot of energy and a lot of focus and dedication to do a film, and it's just not worth it if you're going to be miserable for even a day.

Even as a kid, I'd kick a tennis ball against a wall with both feet for hours. That was one way to become two-footed.

My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to...

My quality is to defend. Of course, I will give my best for the team. If the gaffer or the team needs me there, I will be there.

I seem to have tireless energy when I get involved in things, on an almost OCD basis, which is a good way to do things because if you're gonna do something, you'd better make sure you do it well.

Obviously, at Manchester United, I want to be working hard, and I have been doing that ever since I was a young kid.

I believe that work should be done with 100 per cent dedication.

It's tough not to play, I want to play every game.

Very often my weekends are spent performing on Saturday, on stage in the afternoon and again in the evening.

I had been in 760 performances of 10 different Shakespeare plays by the time I was 17.

Essentially, when you join a team, you're making a commitment to your team. You can't take that lightly.

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

I want to play as much as I can, many years in this great association.

I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.

I have admired Taufik Hidayat for being exceptionally talented and Hendrawan for being a great player only because of his hard work and dedication. I have always looked up to them as players.

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

What is hardcore? Hardcore is not just being hardcore, hardcore is going in the ring and giving 100% of yourself. Hardcore is great fans.

I respect the decisions other players make but my life has always been about playing and all the rest of it did not really interest me.

When a Black man or woman shows up for a job interview or to work, they should never be judged based on their hairstyle. Their work product, commitment, dedication, and work ethic should be the...

I worked very hard playing Arjun, and I was consumed by the character.