Quotes About Intensity

I don't put on makeup when I'm getting ready for a game, because why would I? I am gearing up for battle. How is mascara or eyeliner going to help me win?

You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.

When you're on the pitch, you give 100 percent to win the game.

I'm not a nice guy on the field, and I've never really respected a guy who's been a 'nice guy' on the field. I want opposition to be hard, to play to win the game for their team.

With darts it's just one against one, it's blow for blow. The only thing I could compare it to is boxing. It's dead exciting. You're reacting to each other, the adrenaline's pumping. You don't feel calm at all. But it's all about being able to win when you're pumped up. People say you don't play the player; I play the player every time.

When teams train now, it is about what they do with the ball and, if they lose it, how quickly they press to win it back.

Win or lose, I always focus only on giving my 100%.

Win or lose, I'm going to leave everything on the mat. That's what gold medalists do.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

Whether you win or lose against English teams, you always feel it's been a proper contest.

After a while, you can't get any higher. It's like your head is in a wind tunnel - everything is vibrating.

The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel.

I leave everything on the floor so when I step off the floor I am already wind down. I don't hold anything back.

A NASCAR guy can drop-kick another driver through his car window and it is just considered part of the sport. Hockey players drop their sticks and pound on one another on a regular basis and no one dares blame it on anything other than just a boiling, competitive spirit.

'Rear Window' isn't really a horror film, but it is a psychological drama, which I love. It is very tense.

Everything goes out of the window when you start an Ashes series. It's about grabbing the moment.

I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while.

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

Throughout my 20s it was all about achieving and working as hard as possible. To the point that you don't think twice about working in a music studio with no windows from 11 to 11. And you don't bat an eyelid if you fly four times a week and do promo in a different city each time.

As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate.

My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.

That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick of it.

I want to guard the best wings and big on every team. I want to make their night tough to gain that respect defensively around the league.

I'm a winner and I've had that instilled in me since I was a kid and sometimes it goes over the edge.