Despite Rioli's speed, evasiveness and flashy tricks, the scouts at the AFL's draft camp were still to be convinced of his dedication, with his skin folds being described as "less than brilliant" and his commitment to AFL still being questionable.
A warm, generous and loving man -a great philanthropist, a brilliant businessman, whose commitment to the Jewish people was extraordinary.
PEN America said on Thursday that the prize's judges would be looking for a writer in the field of nonfiction, poetry, drama or fiction whose body of work "evoke[s] to some measure Nabokov's brilliant versatility and commitment to literature as a search for the deepest truth and the highest pleasure".
Mould's work is peculiar because of the disparity between his commitment to brilliant color effects and how erratically he used them.
Sam Galbraith, who has died aged 68, was a brilliant neurosurgeon who channelled commitment to the NHS into politics as a Labour MP and health minister before, in 1999, becoming a founding member of the Scottish parliament.
Truly brilliant work results from dedication, focus and a commitment to something more than immediate rewards.
But yesterday Dave Brailsford, Team GB's coach – who may have sparked the row with his jokey comment to France's L'Equipe sports newspaper that they were using "special round wheels" – said the secret to success was "peaking at the right time, talented athletes, commitment and... brilliant coaching".
French president Nicolas Sarkozy: "Your brilliant victory rewards a tireless commitment to serve the American people.
To other coaches he is The Master, a brilliant tactician and motivator whose commitment to victory is absolute.
Nick Caistor Katharine Viner writes: Before the world discovered his prodigious imagination, Gabriel García Márquez was a brilliant journalist with a strong commitment to his first profession.
