Quotes About Assessment

It's not my job to rate managers. My focus is on me and my team.

Critics never rate any blockbuster well.

Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds.

People looked to rating agencies to do the work for them.

In movies, you don't get reactions: Live, when you do a joke, you know in a second whether it's good or bad. But in a movie, since no one is allowed to laugh or do anything, when you're done with a scene, you're left asking, 'Was that funny?'

You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.

An experienced slush-pile reader doesn't need more than a few seconds to see if a story has potential. You don't need to eat all of a rotten egg to determine that it's rotten.

Teams are trying to get the advantage over the other team by what kind of reads we can get, how can we measure guys if they're tired - all these things.

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.

When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not.

Everyone knows Summer League isn't the real deal.

Like, if I'm assessing someone's game and they can't shoot, they can't shoot. And they know they can't shoot. It's not like I'm making fun of them. I just keep it real, man.

I know straight away if I can do better. It doesn't take people to criticise me for me to realise it.

Sometimes when you're around a side you don't realise how good they are until you go away from home and they are a very fine team.

My first ambition was musical theatre, but I realised quite early on that I wouldn't make the grade.

People are realistic enough to appreciate what the market values of different people are.

A big part of managing is managing defeats and assessing where you are. It's making sure that you prepare a group of players and that you create an environment that is a competitive one but that is also a realistic one.

I think all you can do is prepare properly for every game but you also have to be realistic. Be realistic about what you are as a team.

I'm realistic. I know there are players out there who are more talented than me.

I don't want to give myself grades. I will leave evaluation of my achievements to history.

It's not like at university where you graduate. Every cyclist must start again. At the end of the season you know if you are good or not.

I don't think that the Grammys are in any way a just way of grading music.

You don't take anything for granted when you play in the European game because it's so different, sizing each other up takes a game.

I don't keep a record of the parts I've played, and I don't compare characters, but maybe I should? I could construct a graphic that grades badness and madness levels? Interesting idea.