In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.
Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.
I was a judo athlete, while taking modeling as my side job, before I eventually quit my professional sports career over a knee injury.
I knew I was never going to play professional sport, but I loved playing and I went to all the games I could afford to.
In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else. I'm going to be a professional gentleman of leisure.
Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.'
I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.
They copied my product, they copied my strategies yet they failed miserably in the business, because they couldn't copy my professionalism.
I started in high school and then I went onto professional training after that.
Being successful is about professionalism, and chewing gum is unprofessional. Its also a huge pet peeve of mine.
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.
People complain professional sportsmen are locked away but when they get out and enjoy themselves, people have a go.
My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians.
I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens.
I'm here to work.. not to like or dislike people. Neither am I here to win a Miss Congeniality competition. I maintain professional relations with my co-stars.
I used to bicycle to work across the George Washington Bridge, but my wife told me it wasn't professional.
But day in and day out, the most stimulating part of the work is being a member of a team of so many very bright, articulate and talented professionals.
IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device.
I didn't know there was such a thing as professional soccer, but I knew that Brazil had a women's team that competed against other countries, and I wanted to be on that team.
