Professional Quotes
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At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
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The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.
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The final group, on Sunday at the Masters, is the greatest feeling in the world for a professional golfer.
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My personal life is lived as 'me,' but my professional life is lived as other people. In other words, when I go to the office, I lie down, dream, and become 'someone else.' That's my job.
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We spend our spare time taking care of little things. I can watch a little bit of college and professional football if I want to... Our favorite pastime is trying to take pictures of our hometowns from space.
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I started in high school and then I went onto professional training after that.
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Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.
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I want my daughter to see that I am a professional and have commitments, but that I'm there when the family needs me, and so is their father. In some cases, more so.
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Germany is where I had to become a true professional. They play in big games when they are young. We could model some of our soccer system after what they do.
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I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.
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It's important you stay professional and keep working, and I'm thankful for everything that's happened to me.
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Call it nature or nurture, there are differences in how men and women approach professional conduct, and facing these issues head-on will make us all more equipped to succeed.
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As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.
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So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional.
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Professional creativity requires more than inspiration, talent, and discipline - it requires an endurance that few are aware of and even fewer have.
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You have to be professional and think about the future.
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The way I dress, I dress totally different than I did when I was in college. I have to - try to - look professional. You change a lot when you are in the NBA, but I know where I came from.
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I got no support from USA Wrestling. I was competing against professional Russians that do nothing but wrestle for a living, and I was forced to take a job working for this lowlife loser, John du Pont, who I didn't want in my life. I just wanted the money.
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Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.
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My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
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I strive to be professional and to push myself always to do a better job.
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I am very clear about keeping my professional and personal lives separate. I don't want to talk about certain things, and that's the way I am.
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As I get older, it's getting more frustrating because I'm starting to think about what I'm going to do after cycling, and I may be pushed to study alongside riding in order to prepare for retirement - all those things the professional blokes don't really have to think about.
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What I don't underestimate is everybody's deal is different and everybody's deal makes it difficult. And so it is incumbent upon employers to create flexible work environments that allow people to fulfill their professional and personal lives in a way that works for themselves.
