Quotes About Motivation

I wrote down the grades I wanted in every class.

I had poor eyesight when I was young and despite that, I was making good grades.

Both my girls have always made great grades in school.

I tell my AAU kids all the time how important it is to get good grades, go to college, get your degree to make your life easier.

I didn't go to business school. I actually didn't even graduate high school. I ended up with a GED. So everything that I've learned in business, I've learned through experience.

Don't just sit around and wait for it to happen. 'Get Your Roll On.' If you're going to buy some rims, graduate from college, or whatever, get your roll on and make something shake.

It started with my mom; she always wanted me to get my degree and graduate.

So basically, I graduated high school a semester early.

I graduated college with a 3.5 GPA, when I came into college barely able to get in.

I've always been a huge proponent for education; I graduated high school at 14 years old and graduated college at 17 years old.

When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

I barely graduated high school.

I like the story about Bon Iver. They said he kept his GRAMMY in, like, the basement bathroom so he could just focus on getting another one. If I won a GRAMMY, I'd probably keep it at my mom's house on 47th Street.

My grandfather raised me believing in the power of youth to change the world.

I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.

My entire life, my grandmother told me I could do whatever I set my mind to.

My grandmother has always been my biggest fan, and she was my whole life. The only thing that kept me living after her death is my commitment to training. I took my pain out on the track.

I would love to follow a career graph like Akshay Kumar's.

There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.

Let the grassroots turn on the hate because that's the only thing that will make them do their duty.

If I'm not working on something, I'm eager to work on something because it's so gratifying.

It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make.

Who are you writing this for? For a commercial reason, or because you want to make great art and give it to your fans?

I knew my whole life that I had to make ends meet or I would be ashamed of myself. I had a lot of pressure from my parents. So that's where my vision comes from. It's not to be a great artist, it's always to be like, 'Dad, look, I didn't let you down.'