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Being A Professional Quotes

There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer.
- Betty Buckley

If they had rankings in baseball, maybe I would have been able to do the math and figure out my chances of being a professional baseball player versus a tennis player. But that was the decision-maker for me, I just thought I was better in tennis.
- Jim Courier

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.
- Bob Gibson

[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'"
(One On 1, interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1, March 25, 2007.)
- David Halberstam

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.
- Bo Jackson

Being a professional writer is not an easy way to make a living.
- Tracy Kidder

Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start charging for it.
- Sharyn Mccrumb

I'm thinking of being a professional mourner. How hard can it be? Tear at your hair, sing a dirge or two, take the rest of the week off.
- Christopher Moore

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
- Leo Rosten

And the old horror of being a professional writer, and the usual stench of words that goes with it, is begining to drive me out of my seat. (Buddy)
- J D Salinger

Because I have sixty years of being a professional composer, conductor, musician, whatever, and you develop a lot of friendships and you get involved with a lot of sort of long-term commitments and obligations.
- Gunther Schuller

I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don't dream about being a professional football player or an actor.
- Herschel Walker

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