I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise.
I could have gone professional, but I'm not giving up on my dream.
In a research-poor context,isolated experience replaces professional knowledge as the dominant influence on how teachers teach.
I will forever be thankful to the Malawians and international community, and my professional army and army general, who said: 'No, we will follow the constitution.' That's why I'm here.
We need to tap the resource of current and retiring science and math professionals that have both content mastery and the practical experience to serve as effective teachers.
The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.
My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.
I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.
I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's never going to change, under any circumstances.
Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
My whole professional life has been dedicated to improving access, affordability, quality and choice of health care.
We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians.
I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.
I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.
This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.
I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home.
You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.
My own position is so far on the obsessive side of preparation and professionalism that I fear my point of view is not going to be shared by anyone.