Sentence examples for devotion to preparation from inspiring English sources

Like Mourinho and Guardiola, Villas-Boas shares a devotion to preparation and thoroughness.

Like Mourinho and Guardiola, he shares a devotion to preparation and thoroughness, and that will be one of the major changes at Chelsea, after the more relaxed reign of predecessor Carlo Ancelotti.

Management may be new to Clarke but Kiely underlines the coaching prowess and devotion to preparation that dovetail with his new responsibilities.

Abbado achieved that combination through a lifelong devotion to meticulous preparation in rehearsal in order to achieve intense spontaneity in performance.

Add in his year of preparation, his devotion to staying in character on set — where he sent anachronistic text messages as Lincoln — and the much-discussed high-pitched voice, and there was no question.

Here, the variety of dishes -- 20 antipasti alone -- and the care taken in preparation -- underscores the family's devotion to culinary pleasures.

Seasonal cooking has often meant a narrow devotion to simplicity.

The atmosphere of preparation for that first concert was heady with poverty and an intense devotion to Graham and her ideals, with Ms. Batcheller and Sabin saving the threads that unraveled from Graham's teaching clothes.

3. Devotion to professionalism.

Her devotion to Koestler was absolute.

His devotion to family was unsurpassed.