Quotes About Performance

But the focus for actors is always towards acting. It is very obvious that they don't need to have training in professional music.

Confidence is not something you store in the fridge and pick out. You earn it by your performances, by your training, how you feel.

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.

Of course one can't eat in a civilized fashion while touring in theatres. But I still manage to get my three meals a day. I find that is sufficient for training.

I think every singer should get a formal training in music.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

I like playing more than training so I try to be fit to play.

I would say 90 percent of the stuff we do is technical anyway. If you look at a two-hour training day, 12 minutes are probably spent running or gaining fitness.

The main thing is how we play and how we work in training.

Our standards at Bayern are extremely high, with every training session at very high intensity.

I think there is no better training than being onstage because here's the thing: the theater requires you to act with your whole body. I think acting with your whole body gives you a root, and you can build from there.

I don't want to see the Australian players not focus on their preparation and training.

I first learned about kicking under pressure in 1996, my rookie year with the Patriots. I was signed as a free agent by a team that already had Matt Bahr, one of the best kickers around. To win the job, I had to show coach Bill Parcells that I could make kicks when they counted. That process started in training camp.

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing.

We can only control what we do on the pitch and what we do on the training ground.

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

Once I'm at the training ground, I'm focused, preparing for the next game.

Concentration and focus - they are very important, just as important as in anything, I suppose, if you're going to succeed. I've seen a lot of good players on the training ground, but when it comes to the game, they can't keep the same levels up on a Saturday.

When you have done your job well at the training ground, when you know your player is following you, there is no reason to stress the match day.

The Royal Academy of Dance is an institution that trains to a very high standard.

Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could not play this way if I were not able to divide my attention between my ever changing musical environment and my instrument itself.

It's like a prize fighter. He knows he has a fight coming up, so he gets in the gym and trains. So when I have a show coming up, I practice yodeling.

I really liked John Candy in 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles.' He was so good in that movie.

To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.