“A professional is someone who can do his best when doesn't feel like it.”

“A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it; an amateur is one who can't when he does feel like it. ”

“A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.”

“There is no place for someone like him in the Society, I think, for someone who can create. He can do so many things of incomparable value, things no one else can do, and the Society doesn't care about that at all.”

“Do you know what that’s like?” Asher choked out, forcing himself to keep his feelings in check. “To be with someone who shines so brightly he’s all you can see? That’s how I feel when I’m with your brother. To me he’s… everything.”

“you are not an athlete because of what you can do, but because of who you are: a team player, someone who never quits, who strives to be his personal best, and who believes in fair play.”