Quotes About Performance

as Billie Jean King tells us, the mark of a champion is the ability to win when things are not quite right—when you're not playing well and your emotions are not the right ones.

Performance cannot be based on one assessment. You cannot determine the slope of a line given only one point, as there is no line to begin with. A single point in time does not show trends, improvement, lack of effort, or mathematical ability….

Performing wasn't something to fear; it was a merely a larger circle of collaboration. The more I communicated my joy to the audience, the more joy they communicated back to me.

That surely must be what happened," she said to Brian. "A caretaker found the head and returned it and . . ." ". . . and you can be in the play," Brian finished for her. "I sure hope so—then we can quit this wild goose chase and eat lunch. Besides, I wish I could see you stumble around up there forgetting your lines," he teased.

Coachella is a festival fashion show where people dress up like hippies and pretend that Passion Pit is as good as the Rolling Stones.

And [Benji] cheats on you, Beck. A lot. Compulsively. He is in intense pursuit of a performance artist who fucks with his head the way he fucks with yours.

you're a writer when we (I) know what you truly are: a performer, an exhibitionist.

You look up and now I see a part of you that's new to me, a part that does want to be killed and I don't think you've ever been loved the right way and you don't say anything and I don't say anything and we both know that you're testing me, testing the world. You didn't get off that stage tonight until the last person stopped clapping and you didn't tie your shoelaces and you blamed the world when you tripped.

And you with your computer, as if you need to remind your imaginary audience that you're a writer when we (I) know what you truly are: a performer, an exhibitionist.

Henderson promoted an idea that we could all be the center of attention all the time. But if everyone is onstage, who's in the audience?

Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person.

As an actor, you really want to respect and honor the script. You want to try to be in the moment and you also realize that you're one part of a bigger picture and when they call action, you have your dance.

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.

It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

Optimizing Oracle response time is, for the most part, a solved problem.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.

They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

Mister, that boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.