I try to work hard, be professional, be fun to work with, and be accountable.

An entrepreneur must deal with more uncertainty than a professional with a well-defined role.

I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

Once I started rapping, I had to start dancing more. I had to really use my craft, and take everything I did for fun and put it into my professional shows.

I have been a Cowboys fan since I was a little bitty boy. And my dream has finally become a reality, of not only just playing a professional, becoming a professional athlete, but playing for the team that I always wanted to play for.

Well, I'm a professional.

'Data scientist,' as a profession, is largely a fad.

I'm not that professional.

In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe's.

The main thing with my shows is that I'm professional but not highly polished. I don't like people to think they're just seeing an album in person.

I was 23, and that was my first professional job. Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

The life of the professional writer - like that of any freelance, whether she be a plumber or a podiatrist - is predicated on willpower. Without it there simply wouldn't be any remuneration, period.

I've become a lot more relaxed about my career, but maybe that's a part of growing up. I realise there are things I hold dear and value, aside from professional achievements.

Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

The truth is, I have absolutely no professional credentials - literally, which is why I'm teaching at MIT.

Terry Sawchuk is an icon in our profession.

Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.

There's nothing comparable to as 'in shape' as a professional dancer. You'd have to train eight hours a day for that.

So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional.

Professional sports are something they can't control.