Quotes about Consistent Performance

The definition of a strength that we will use throughout this book is quite specific: consistent near perfect performance in an activity.

When I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.

Performance is better than promise. Exuberant assurances are cheap.

A brand should live up to the expectations of people; it should deliver what it promises.

I think the consistency in my performances, my ability to adapt to different coaches, systems or competitions work in my favour.

It's just trying to do the best job I can in these opportunities that I get to show what I can do, be consistent, have good feedback, be fast, at the same time not make mistakes.

When you get back on the field and do things, any doubts you've developed leave. The more consistent you become, the fewer doubts you have.

You cannot expect teams to be up for a final every Saturday, but you have to in the Six Nations, and that is the difficulty we have.

I think what is most important to me is to be competitive week-in and week-out - not winning a race one week and then not finishing.

The thing is, playing with us, whoever was the left winger had to come to play every night because that's the way it was. Charlie came in and he just fit that role - big and strong around the net.

I think that from day one, when it became clear that 'Wicked' was going to have a life, that we have set a standard for ourselves that we are never going to shortchange the audience; that every person that we put into that musical is going to be held to the highest standards; and that nobody is going to be coasting.

The goals is to create a really high 'floor' for this organization, where the 'off' years are years where you might win in the high-80s and sneak a division or a wild card or win 90 games and get in and find a way to win in October. And the great years, you win 103 and win the whole thing.

Every time I go out onto a tennis court, I know what to expect.

The stats suggest that I'm not a dasher. It doesn't mean I can't play the shots, but when you find a method in four-day and Test cricket that works for you, you stick with it.

When I test I never go right to the limit. Only because when you are below the limit you can go at the same speed all day, and that's the only way you can be absolutely sure about what you are testing.

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

Success is created through the performance of a few small daily disciplines that stack up over time to produce achievements far beyond anything you could have ever planned for.

Consistency of performance can be the most powerful differentiator of all.

I've never believed in luck. If you perform well, execute, have a good race car and a good race team, you're going to increase your chances dramatically of having better results.

I like to have performances where I don't get too beat up and don't take too much punishment. I'm OK doing three or four times a year. That's fine by me.

I want to put myself in the best position to stay out on the floor.

I can't really explain how some games I can get so many rebounds and some I can't. It just comes down to being aggressive and really going for it on both ends of the floor.

I've always just tried to have a routine and go out there and compete every fifth day, and that's really what I'm focusing on.

It is good for any footballer to get a run of games.