Quotes About Performance

I look at like this: Any player I guard, long twos or shots like that, if they make them I still think that's good defense. You can't make those shots at a high percentage the whole game. It's just hard to make long two-pointers, step-backs, fadeaways, off-the-dribble crossovers.

I just have to be ready and shoot it no matter what percentage I'm shooting.

I'm trying to capitalize on taking high percentage shots and hopefully making them at a high clip.

In college we could take tough shots and your field goal percentage would go down.

I'm trying to be myself, trying and be aggressive no matter what percentage I'm shooting.

I would like to shoot a better 3-point percentage, especially because the game is becoming more 3-point oriented.

It's about creating an environment where they give their all and do their best. If you have 11 players doing that at one time then a good percentage of the time you're going to be successful.

The top teams in particular always have opponents who are highly motivated. If they drop a couple of percentage points, perhaps sub-consciously, then it's enough for the other team to capitalize.

I don't know how to be like a Bill Murray or a Will Ferrell, these guys who know how to make a line funny just by, I don't know, some extra-sense perception. I only know character and emotion and real acting; that's all I know how to do.

I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.

A lot of what you get done in the NFL is by perception. They perceive you as really talented, and they worry about you. You've got to come out of the locker room with something.

Some people are brilliant at being comedy actors and if you're a comedian I think there's a perception that, if you're acting at something that's meant to be funny, it will be funny all the way though and you'll be dropping in gags.

Your body is not your own when you are acting in a film. It becomes your character's body. Everyone sees you like that and builds up perceptions of you that have nothing to do with you.

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night.

On an ideal Saturday night, I'll go to the New York City Ballet, where my friends play percussion.

Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.

I've figured out what to do with my hands... onstage. I'm a percussion player, so I grab a tambourine as much as I can.

I'm more a percussion instrument than a dancer.

I played the drums. I basically started off in drum line. So it was just straight percussion. Then I got into the drum set. I was in the jazz band and then all through high school I was in orchestra.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

My fear of making mistakes or my anxiety about being perceived less than serious or perfect was holding me back from being good at my job.