Quotes About Discipline

On fight night, you show up. And the question becomes, 'Did you or did you not do the work that is going to prepare you for what is about to occur?' And I just think that's a beautiful thing.

I don't have to prepare any differently because it's Messi, because every day in training I am up against people like Rooney, Berbatov, Ronaldo, and Tevez, so you know what to do against big players.

All we're in control of is what we do day to day on set and how we prepare to do our job each day.

I didn't mentally prepare as well for Ngoudjo as I should have. I was a little lax in the fight.

I prepare for every game the same.

I feel if I'm playing an athlete, I know I have to prepare. I need to get that body language right, I need to walk like an athlete, look like an athlete. If I'm playing a musician, I need to know how to play an instrument.

You need to prepare for every fight.

I just keep myself focused and try to prepare each week for our games.

As players we are in control of what we do and the way we prepare for the games.

I love to prepare for my roles.

We are a high-performance environment and guys being professional about how they prepare for games is not something that should be frowned upon. It should be expected of players.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

The difference between mediocre, good and great is you're able to have the enthusiasm for prep, to work to prepare to win the same in January that you do in August, when everybody says they're excited.

You've just got to continue to prepare in the film room, continue to prepare running the game plan and doing everything on the practice field and hope that it translates.

I approached work very seriously. I never went out. I couldn't fathom people who could go out to clubs... I mean, if I had a 6 A.M. call, I had to be prepared. I had to be in bed at a certain hour.

I'm kind of a control freak. I like to be really prepared.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

I have no way of comparing myself to other people my age; I can't compare myself with Jane Fonda, can I? I haven't had the work done. I admire the discipline of someone who maintains that degree of beauty, but I'm not prepared to do it.

When you watch chess, you don't see the four hours that the player spends preparing for a match ahead of time.

If I'm not playing football, I'm preparing to play football. That's kind of how I kind of view my life.

When my entire focus is on training and just preparing... I just do 100-percent that and nothing else.

You are responsible for your own career, if you ain't preparing right, you are not going to get picked.

I do not miss the hours you have to spend preparing for the upcoming season in July, in March, April. I do not miss half my day being in the gym... to get ready to play.

I have been presented with roles with demand not just a physical ability but mental disciplines as well. 'Memoirs of a Geisha' was not so much about physical exertion... it was much more graceful and contained than that.