Quotes About Performance

I want to be one of the guys, but I also want to be 'the' guy, the guy that can go out there and they can rely on in crunch time. I'm going to be the guy that they know will show up every day, every game, every play and show up on a consistently great level.

I have to say, I do love the Ovation guitars. If I had one guitar to play, it would be that one, and it's got nothing to do with having my name on it. I absolutely rely on it.

Hitting .400 is something you can do by yourself. But you have to rely on guys getting on base at the right time to drive in that many runs.

I used to rely too much on arrangements and production, things like dancers and explosions.

I am not a bomber. I'm more about precision and being target-oriented. I have to rely on all parts of my game firing if I'm going to win.

I think it's quite common for actors to almost rely on their characters to exercise parts of themselves in their regular life they don't tend to explore so much.

I've got to be the one at the end of games that people can rely on, that our guys can rely on.

Though I am associated in the public mind with glamorous songs and dances, my appearance in 'Company' is in no way glamorous. Rather than rely on my body language, the number zooms in on my facial expressions.

Obviously I rely on my driving.

In the past, I've played where I only just rely on my serve.

The things that I rely on, USADA doesn't have a problem with them. I'm gonna continue to be the same athlete that I've always been.

There are analytics that can allow players to play better. Will everyone use it? No. They don't think it's necessary. They rely on their feel way too much and they trust that more.

Acting is mathematics for me. I do very little homework and rather rely on my imagination for playing a role.

I think as a play-caller, you have to just go out there, rely on your guys that you have that are out there, rely on the fact that they have ability. And as a quarterback, you have to go out there and just go through your reads.

I'm a basketball player - I rely on instincts and IQ.

If LeBron James, Phil Mickelson, or Reggie Bush had to rely on personality to make it in this world, they'd all be incredibly athletic rodeo clowns.

At the end of the day I'm a football player. I'm paid to be prepared and people rely on me to get a job done, and I will never jeopardize that or sacrifice any efforts toward that goal.

When you're usually competing and contending, you're not relying on younger players to produce for you.

We've become so successful that it's become a machine: There's a lot of people relying on you. You've got 100 people out on the road and working for you. You want to stay at the top.

By relying on my experience as a player, I hope to one day perform as a coach.

Acting is probably the only profession where you are relying only on empathy.

I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.

I'm certainly not one of those actors who remain in a dark place the entire time in order to be doing the scene. I sort of come in and out of it. It can be to the detriment of my performance sometimes!

Acting has always been my passion and will remain so.