Quotes About Performance

They say the bad guys are more interesting to play but there is more to it than that - playing the good guys is more challenging because it's harder to make them interesting.

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it.

If you have ever procrastinated and then found yourself energized to complete a task at the last minute, then you have used the beneficial aspect of the fight or flight response (not the procrastinating part, but the energizing part). You see, with all its negative long term effects, the fight or flight response still gives us energy, and if we know how to use that energy, then stress is potentially good, at least in the short term.

He could live with them playing badly now and again, he told them, but he demanded 100 per cent on the pitch in every single game.

In 1974 Laureano Ruíz became general coordinator for youth football and one of the first things he did was to tear down a notice next to the entrance of his new office that read: 'If you are coming to offer me a youngster who measures less than 1.80 metres, you can take him back.' 'Laureano prioritised the technical quality of a footballer, reaction times and, above other factors, intelligence, to learn and understand the game,

Pep realised that in order to make the team a success he needed to add intensity and an increased work rate to their technical abilities.

I only ask this of you. I won't tell you off if you misplace a pass, or miss a header that costs us a goal, as long as I know you are giving 100 per cent. I could forgive you any mistake, but I won't forgive you if you don't give your heart and soul to Barcelona.

I always try and give the players the security of knowing what they'll encounter. This increases the possibility of doing things well.

he explained that elements of his behaviour in front of the media were a necessary evil: a vital cog in the psychological machinery that he used to win football matches.

wanted the fans to see that the team was going to work hard, run, play good football, and take pride in their work on the pitch.

The German team became more German than ever. They used in their performance the 'Mia San Mia' motto that the players wear on their shirts, which on the pitch manifests itself in a supreme belief, intensity and constant waves of attack.

Secondly, you should be able to control the ball with one touch. If you needed another one, you were not one of the best players, just a good one. If you needed an extra touch, you were playing badly.

Failure is when a player does not have a good training session, when the coach relaxes and stops caring, when the team doesn't care either about whatever is going on,' Manel Estiarte said.

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue.

The world is a drama, staged in a dream

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.

It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away.

Steve Jobs has a saying that A players hire A players. But B players hire C players, and C players hire D players. It doesn't take long to get to Z players. This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies.

Organizations are successful because of good implementation,not good business plans.

Four aspects of any action: time, measure, structure, flow p.

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want — it's like an excuse for Halloween everyday.

Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it.